Manchester Metropolis suffered their first Premier League defeat of the season with an abject show in opposition to Bournemouth on the Vitality Stadium.
Simply days on from crashing out of the Carabao Cup at Tottenham, it was one other laboured and careless show from the Blues, and it noticed them path at half-time to Antoine Semenyo’s early aim.
Issues didn’t enhance for the Blues within the second interval and Evanilson added a second for the rampant Cherries, so regardless of Josko Gvardiol’s late aim, Pep Guardiola’s males had been consigned to a primary league defeat of the season.
Indicators instantly pointed to a protracted afternoon for Manchester Metropolis once they wanted their goalkeeper to provide a double save inside the first two minutes; Semenyo noticed his shot from the sting of the realm parried away by Ederson, earlier than the Brazilian recovered to neatly deny Justin Kluivert too.
There was nothing he may do to forestall the Cherries opening the scoring 5 minutes later although, as Phil Foden couldn’t cease the advance of Milos Kerkez up the flank, with the full-back selecting out the keen Semenyo to show Josko Gvardiol and slot residence.
Metropolis stemmed the tide just a little for some time and created their first large probability on the half-hour mark, as Matheus Nunes’ dart into the field made house for Bernardo Silva to strike, however Kerkez produced a large block to maintain the hosts in entrance.
Nunes appeared Metropolis’s greatest outlet on the left and he discovered Erling Haaland with a deep cross about ten minutes earlier than the break, however the striker dragged his shot huge having shifted it onto his left foot.
Manchester Metropolis’s begin to the second half was simply as sluggish as within the opening interval, with Ederson once more known as upon to disclaim Bournemouth in a one-on-one with Evanilson.
Nunes remained the Blues’ greatest attacking risk, and he should have had an help to his identify when he skipped previous Adam Smith and located Foden, however the Englishman steered his strike huge of the submit.
Simply past the hour, it was 2-0 Bournemouth, and it couldn’t have been simpler; Kyle Walker couldn’t stay with Semenyo all afternoon, and the winger performed it in behind Metropolis’s captain for Kerkez, who had on a regular basis on this planet to pick Evanilson within the center for a easy end.
Metropolis had been hopeless and Bournemouth had been relentless – Marcus Tavernier bent a curling effort onto the bottom of the submit and Adam Smith someway contrived to place the ball over the bar within the face of an open aim.
Metropolis’s first shot heading in the right direction? The eightieth minute of the sport, a stretching Haaland volley which was devoured up by Mark Travers.
Admittedly, that effort was instantly adopted up with a second shot heading in the right direction, and this one discovered Bournemouth’s web; Ilkay Gundogan had a troublesome afternoon however picked out a top quality cross to Gvardiol, and the Croatian completed like a striker as he so usually does with a terrific header.
Regardless of a late scramble, Metropolis couldn’t save themselves as they so usually have this season, that means it was a deserved first defeat to Bournemouth within the Premier League, and a deserved defeat at that.
The outcome leaves Manchester Metropolis second within the desk, trailing Liverpool by two factors, and after a disappointing afternoon, right here is how we rated the gamers in Manchester Metropolis’s woeful defeat to Bournemouth!
Participant Scores
Beginning XI
Ederson – 7.5 (MOTM)
Let down by these in entrance of him. Pulled off some spectacular saves to maintain the rating down, and the way worrying is it for Manchester Metropolis that that’s the case?
Kyle Walker – 2.5
Maybe we’ll give him the advantage of the doubt and assume that he’s not but totally match and wasn’t prepared to start out this sport? That will be a greater defence than something Walker produced on the pitch at this time.
Manuel Akanji – 5.5
Jittery on the ball to start with, settled a bit because it went on however had no hope of defending the targets with the dearth of canopy.
Nathan Ake – 5
Misplaced Evanilson fully on the second aim. Handed crisply sufficient however, like Akanji, Metropolis’s form meant he was all the time combating a dropping battle.
Josko Gvardiol – 7
Managed to progress the ball down the left no less than, though was nonetheless second greatest in a few duels. Great headed aim.
Mateo Kovacic – 4.5
Little of his ordinary ball-retaining expertise on present, as he couldn’t cope with Bournemouth’s suffocation of the center of the park.
Ilkay Gundogan – 4
With all due respect to the legendary former captain, he takes the most important share of the blame for Metropolis’s failure to regulate the midfield. He did produce a second of high quality along with his help in equity.
Phil Foden – 5.5
Seemed pretty vibrant within the opening exchanges, however as Metropolis’s struggles wore on, he was more and more enjoying ‘hero ball’ and attempting to avoid wasting his workforce himself with outlandish photographs which had no hope of getting in.
Bernardo Silva – 5
All of the endeavour and drive you recognize you’re going to get from him, however nowhere close to sufficient penetration to make the distinction in assault.
Matheus Nunes – 7
The one hazard to Bournemouth’s backline for a lot of the sport. One or two irritating choices, however on a day like at this time, different gamers most likely racked up these numbers within the span of 5 minutes.
Erling Haaland – 4
Had to deal with bodily consideration which left him in ache all too usually, however that doesn’t exonerate him from criticism for his shoddy work in any other case. Large late probability missed.
Substitutes
Rico Lewis – 6
Some neat work in and across the space however nothing to penetrate.
Jeremy Doku – 6.5
Gave attacking drive and elevated the risk stage to Bournemouth.