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AFC Bournemouth
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Harry Wilson ‘45'+3'
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Manchester City
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Sergio Agüero ‘15'
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Raheem Sterling ‘43'
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Sergio Agüero ‘64'
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25th August 2019 2:00 PM
Vitality Stadium
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Commentary By @unknown
Full time
A brave effort as the whistle goes for full time.
Two goals from Aguero and one from Sterling give City the win, despite Harry Wilson's superb free-kick.
Four added minutes...
The board has gone up and there's five to go...
Final City change...
Cancelo is on for Walker, as City make tier final change.
Great chance for Solanke!
King plays him in and the first touch from Solanke is brilliant. He beats his man and has a go, but the shot is tame and Ederson saves.
City break away...
City come away with it from a Bournemouth corner and De Bruyne plays through Sterling, but the linesman's flag goes up for offside.
Another City substitution...
Mahrez is on for Bernardo Silva.
Battling away
A slight pause...
Billing is down with a head injury, but looks set to continue.
Players taking on drinks as it stands.
A double change...
Solanke and Ibe are coming on for Smith and Callum Wilson.
Goal for City.
David Silva with some neat footwork in the box and it once again falls to Aguero, who finds the target for City's third.
City denied a penalty...
VAR has been used here to check for a City penalty.
Lerma and David Silva both go for a ball in the box, but nothing is given after a review.
First City change...
Rodrigo is on in place of Gundogan.
Yellow for Lerma...
Lerma goes into the book for a late foul on De Bruyne.
It's all us!
This time Callum Wilson plays in Harry Wilson, but the shot is blocked in the box.
Fraser then clips a ball in, which Ederson has to punch away.
Big chance for Callum Wilson...
Harry Wilson plays in his namesake and he's virtually one-on-one but, yet again, Ederson saves from point-blank range.
Moments later, De Bruyne fires wide after being found in space in the box.
Last ditch from Cook...
The centre-back gets in front of Raheem Sterling to block the shot from close range and it remains 2-1.
Yellow card for Mepham...
The Wales international is the first Cherries player in the book.
Back underway!
Here's to a big second half!
Half time...
A superb Harry Wilson free-kick late in the half means the deficit is reduced going into the break.
It's 2-1 to City as it stands.
UNREAAAAAAAAAAL
HARRY. WILSON.
The deficit is halved as Harry Wilson strikes a free-kick into the top corner.
That. Is. Unstoppable.
Six minutes...
They'll be six minutes of added time at the end of the first half after the stoppage for Daniels' injury.
Goal for City.
David Silva plays in Sterling, who pokes past Ramsdale for a second.
What a save from Ederson!
Harry Wilson gets in a cross, which bobbles around in the box.
It falls in Smith yards out, but Ederson makes himself big and somehow saves it!
First substitution...
Heartbreak for Charlie Daniels, who is leaving the pitch on a stretcher.
Vitality Stadium is on its feet for the left-back, who has his head in his hands.
Harry Wilson is coming on.
Edging forward...
Some really good build up play from the Cherries, eventually winning a throw in far on the left.
But some bad news, Charlie Daniels has fallen awkwardly and is in some considerable pain on the side.
Another City effort...
David Silva plays a through ball to Aguero, who turns and gets a shot away, but it's wide of Ramsdale's goal.
Looking for a leveller!
Long throw alert...
Cook throws deep into the box from the right-hand side, but it's well cleared by City.
It falls to Daniels, who clips it to Mepham, but the flag is raised once again for offside.
Good save from Ramsdale...
The 'keeper gets down low to parry away a powerful volley from David Silva.
Moments later, he's then there again to deny Aguero before the flag is raised for offside.
Goal for City.
Aguero strikes.
Zinchenko gets a low cross into the box and De Bruyne misses his kick. It falls to Aguero and he does the rest from close range.
Another yellow, this time for Ederson!
It's a straight race on the left between Wilson and Ederson, with the striker getting there first.
The Brazil international takes him out and is awarded a yellow card.
Walker in the book...
Andre Marriner shows a first yellow card of the afternoon to Walker for a late foul on Ake.
City get forward...
Sterling gets in down the left and whips a ball back to the onrushing Bernardo Silva, but the shot takes a deflection and is just wide of Ramsdale's post.
An early chance...
Joshua King wins the ball back in midfield and drives forward. The space opens up for him and he has a go, but Ederson saves.
A positive start.
We're off!
We'll be kicking towards the Ted MacDougall Stand for the first half!
We're moments from kick-off!
The teams are out and it's a stunning day at Vitality Stadium.
The warm ups are done...
It's almost time!
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An optimistic stat?
A little bit of trivia...
Our only two home wins on Sunday in the top flight have been against 'big six' sides - 4-3 v Liverpool and 2-1 v Arsenal.
Are we clutching at straws or is that an important one!?
Let's be positive!
One to watch...
Well it has to be Raheem Sterling, who's record against us has been well documented in recent weeks.
The England international has scored in four consecutive club appearances this season, but against us, he has EIGHT goals in just seven appearances.
Those numbers are frightening, but as we mentioned earlier, all of these good records have to end at some point right!?
City's team is VERY attacking!
Team news...
This could be 4-5-1 or more likely three at the back.
But Chris Mepham returns and Harry Wilson is on the substitutes bench.
An hour to go!
Ryan Fraser is focused...
The boss pleased we're getting closer...
Last season, we lost 3-1 at the Etihad and 1-0 at home, but with good spells particularly in that away game, manager Eddie Howe mentioned in his press conference on Frida/y that he felt the team were getting closer.
The 1-0 game here last season we were criticised for changing our style, but when asked about our record against City, the manager feels we're making good progress and learning from those games.
Hopefully those lessons will serve us well today.
The stats don't look great for us!
Look away now!
City are unbeaten in all 14 of our games, and have won all eight of the Premier League games of an aggregate score of 25-3.
Of course it is difficult against one of the best teams in the world, but records are there to be broken for sure!
WELCOME!
We welcome the Premier League champions to Vitality Stadium this afternoon, and although it's a tough one, there's some optimism around the place!
We've got all the live commentary sorted for 1.30pm and we'll give you all the updates before, during and after the game.
Come on lads!
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