Manchester City × Bournemouth · Premier League
Goals
Match report
Manchester City beat Bournemouth 2-1 at home in the Premier League on Sunday 23 August at 14:00 BST. Marcus Tavernier put the visitors in front on 26 minutes, midway through the first half. City's reply took an age to arrive: Marc Guéhi levelled on 84 minutes, and Joško Gvardiol turned the game around at 90+1.
The scoreline hides how long City spent chasing. Bournemouth were in front from the 26th minute to the 84th, and the hosts did not lead at any stage until normal time had run out. Both home goals came right at the end, which is what a narrow 2-1 fails to convey: this one was rescued, not managed.
One for the archive: a Premier League afternoon at home in which City trailed Tavernier's first-half opener for the bulk of the match, then found Guéhi on 84 minutes and Gvardiol at 90+1. Anyone reading the 2-1 later will not see that the winning goal was also the only moment City had led all day.
Table
- 1.Manchester City15 pts · 5J · +8
- 17.AFC Bournemouth3 pts · 5J · -2
Goal stats
Match events
Man CityBournemouth
- 26′Bournemouth: Goal: Marcus Tavernier (Assists: Evanilson)
- 45+1′Bournemouth: Yellow card: Evanilson
- 57′Man City: Substitution: Matheus Nunes on, Rico Lewis off
- 63′Man City: Substitution: Rayan Cherki on, Nico O'Reilly off
- 63′Man City: Substitution: Mateo Kovacic on, Elliot Anderson off
- 75′Bournemouth: Substitution: Tyler Adams on, Lewis Cook off
- 75′Bournemouth: Substitution: Daniel Jebbison on, Evanilson off
- 75′Bournemouth: Substitution: Alex Tóth on, Justin Kluivert off
- 78′Man City: Yellow card: Phil Foden
- 82′Man City: Substitution: Jack Grealish on, Phil Foden off
- 84′Man City: Goal: Marc Guéhi (Assists: Rayan Cherki)
- 85′Bournemouth: Yellow card: António Silva
- 89′Bournemouth: Substitution: Ben Gannon-Doak on, Rayan off
- 90+1′Man City: Goal: Josko Gvardiol (Assists: Rayan Cherki)
- 90+2′Man City: VAR review: Josko Gvardiol
Match statistics
All match statistics42
Lineups
Manchester City
- 1Gianluigi Donnarumma
- 82Rico Lewis
- 45Abdukodir Khusanov
- 3Rúben Dias
- 24Josko Gvardiol
- 5Elliot Anderson
- 6Marc Guéhi
- 47Phil Foden
- 33Nico O'Reilly
- 42Antoine Semenyo
- 9Erling Haaland
- 7Omar Marmoush
- 8Mateo Kovacic
- 10Rayan Cherki
- 14Nico González
- 18Jack Grealish
- 21Rayan Aït-Nouri
- 22Vitor Reis
- 27Matheus Nunes
- 28Gerónimo Rulli
Bournemouth
- 1Djordje Petrovic
- 15Adam Smith
- 5James Hill
- 14António Silva
- 3Adrien Truffert
- 4Lewis Cook
- 8Alex Scott
- 37Rayan
- 19Justin Kluivert
- 16Marcus Tavernier
- 9Evanilson
- 7David Brooks
- 11Ben Gannon-Doak
- 12Tyler Adams
- 18Bafodé Diakité
- 24Juanlu Sánchez
- 27Alex Tóth
- 29Daniel Jebbison
- 30Álvaro Rodríguez
- 40Will Dennis
Head-to-head
Of the last 10 meetings: 8 wins for Manchester City, 1 draw, and 1 win for Bournemouth. Across those 10 meetings: 39 goals in total, 3.9 per match; both teams scored in 9 matches.
Match officials
- Jarred Gillett
- Neil Davies
- Steve Meredith
- Robert Jones
- 1
Venue
Etihad Stadium
- Manchester
- 52,900
