Manchester City vs Bournemouth LIVE: Premier League result and final score
Manchester City 6-1 Bournemouth: Champions go top thanks to ruthless display
Manchester City winger Jeremy Doku scored and created two more goals in seven blistering first-half minutes before adding two more assists in the second period as the champions hammered Bournemouth 6-1 to go top of the Premier League.
After probing carefully for the opening half-hour, City finally opened the scoring on the half-hour mark when Doku played a slick one-two with Rodri on the edge of the box before guiding the ball home.
Three minutes later Doku’s dazzling footwork left the Bournemouth defence flat-footed as he squared for Bernardo Silva to score the second and in the 37th minute his left-foot shot was deflected into the net by team mate Manuel Akanji.
Doku teed up substitute Phil Foden to score in the 64th and, though Luis Sinisterra pulled one back for the Cherries, Silva and Nathan Ake wrapped up the win to send City top on 27 points, one ahead of Tottenham Hotspur, who host Chelsea on Monday.
Follow the latest action from the Premier League below.
Manchester City vs AFC Bournemouth
Substitution Bernardo Mota Veiga de Carvalho e Silva Oscar Bobb
Manchester City vs AFC Bournemouth
Substitution Dominic Ayodele Solanke-Mitchell Justin Dean Kluivert
Manchester City vs AFC Bournemouth
Bournemouth are enjoying another good spell of possession here as they patiently work it forward. Senesi tries to open up City's midfield with a throughball into Rothwell, but Walker cuts it out.
Manchester City vs AFC Bournemouth
Semenyo's pressure pays off as he wins the ball back high upfield and he drives to the edge of the box. Ake is scrambling to catch up, and the defender just does enough to get in front of him and give Bournemouth their first corner.
Manchester City vs AFC Bournemouth
Bournemouth's confidence is back up and they're making it difficult for City to get forward. Phillips wants to long on the ball, but gets away with it as he's fouled by an eager Sinisterra.
Manchester City vs AFC Bournemouth
VAR is just checking to make sure that Sinisterra didn't stray offside. It wasn't as tight a call as it originally looked, as Ake, who was stretching to block Aarons' cross, was playing him on.
Manchester City vs AFC Bournemouth
Substitution Marcus Joseph Tavernier Luis Fernando Sinisterra Lucumí
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