Bournemouth 2-1 Man City: City suffer shock first PL defeat in 11 MONTHS

Antoine Semenyo and Evanilson helped give Bournemouth their first-ever league win against Manchester City as they beat the defending champions 2-1 at the Vitality Stadium.

Match Report

Semenyo got Bournemouth off the mark inside 10 minutes as he turned to fire in at the far post from the centre of the box, before Evanilson doubled the lead after the restart.

Josko Gvardiol gave the visitors a consolation goal with a brilliant header at the back post on 82 minutes but it was too little too late.

While Erling Haaland hit the post and Phil Foden fired just wide in a frantic stoppage time, Bournemouth secured all three points and left Pep Guardiola's man to travel back north empty-handed.

City drop down to second and fail to take advantage of Arsenal’s earlier falter, while Bournemouth move up to eighth.

Data Debrief: Historic victory for Bournemouth ends City's winning streak

This is the host's first-ever win against City in all competitions (D2 L19 before today), while it’s their first league win over the reigning Premier League champions since a 3-0 win over Chelsea in January 2018.

The defeat brings City's 32-game Premier League unbeaten run to an end. They’ve lost successive matches in all competitions for the first time since September 2023.

This is their first defeat when going at least two goals behind in a Premier League game since October 2021 against Crystal Palace, having avoided defeat on their last five previous occasions before today (W3 D2).

Conversely, Bournemouth's fortunes are looking up. They are unbeaten in their last three Premier League games, with those results coming against three of last season's top four (W2 D1).

This is just the fourth time they’ve won three successive home games in the Premier League after October 2016, February 2018 and April 2024.

Match Events

0' The match is about to start!

2' Semenyo & Kluivert's shot saved by Ederson

9' Semenyo puts hosts in lead! Bournemouth 1-0 Man City

13' Ake's shot in the box off the bar

26' Bernardo didn't catch the ball as Haaland passes

28' Foden's attempt stopped by defender

29' Kluivert's long shot wide out

31' Bernardo's shot in the box saved by goalkeeper

38' Haaland's shot in the box wide out

46' Evanilson's attempt in the box stopped by the keeper

50' Bernardo's attempt cleared by defender

51' Foden's left footed shot in the box wide out

56' Haaland down in pain but no foul

63' Kovacic's shot outside the box wide out

64' Evanilson doubles the lead for hosts! Bournemouth 2-0 Man City

67' Tavernier's shot hit the post & Adam Smith shot off the bar

73' Kluivert's attempt stopped by Ederson

74' Ake off, Rico Lewis on

78' Brooks' shot in the box wide out

80' Haaland's attempt saved by goalkeeper as Nunes passes

82' Gvardiol nets header as Gundogan assists! Bournemouth 2-1 Man City

Line-ups

Bournemouth XI: Smith, Ryan Christie, Lewis Cook, Travers, Marcus Tavernier, Kluivert, Marcos Senesi, Evanilson, Antoine Semenyo, Ilya Zabarnyi, Milos Kerkez

Subs: E.Ünal, Billing, Brooks, Adams, Aarons, James Hill, Julián Araujo, Will Dennis, Dean Huijsen

Man City XI: Walker, Gundogan, Kovacic, Ake, Ederson, Bernardo, Akanji, Haaland, Foden, Matheus Nunes, Josko Gvardiol

Subs: De Bruyne, Stefan Ortega, Jérémy Doku, James McAtee, Rico Lewis, Savinho, Nico O'Reilly, Jacob Wright, Jahmai Simpson-Pusey