Manchester City wins on its visit to Bournemouth and continues dreaming of the leadership – – 2024-02-28 00:10:49

In a fervent fight for the leadership of the Premier League, Manchester City won 1-0 on their visit to Bournemouth and puts pressure on Liverpool for the next round. Phil Foden’s solitary score allowed the team to reach 59 points, one point behind the Reds.

He doesn’t get out of the fight
After the 1-0 win in midweek against Brentford, Manchester City visited the Vitality Stadium to try to stay in the advanced positions. On the other hand, Bournemouth received the current champion of the UEFA Champions League and the English league without knowing the victory for six games. The last three points that the red and black team got was on December 26, 2023, when they beat Fulham 3-0.

With the visitors clearly taking center stage from the beginning of the game, Erling Haaland was close to unbalancing the board at 7′ when he was one-on-one with the goalkeeper and went wide. However, the Norwegian made amends for his mistake after playing a key role in the Citizens’ goal.

At 22′, the Nordic player easily broke away from his mark and finished straight into Neto’s hands. As a result of the power of the shot, the Cherrys goalkeeper hit a rebound, which found Phil Foden at the entrance to the six-yard box to push the ball into the net without much resistance. The English striker reached 16 goals in all competitions during this campaign.

Although Manchester City controlled the ball for the rest of the first half and part of the second, Bournemouth managed to make things difficult for those led by Pep Guardiola. Dominic Solanke, Antonie Semenyo and Dango Ouattara were the most dangerous. What’s more, the first of these players had a header that Ederson Moraes saved on the line.

Another of the clearest actions was Enes Ünal’s header at 90 minutes. When the added sign was already raised, the Turk hit a measured cross from Semenyo and the ball grazed the right post of the Brazilian goalkeeper.

Finally, the England national team player’s only goal was enough for the sky blue team to get a tough result and take the three points back to the Etihad Stadium. On the next day, Guardiola’s men face Manchester United in a new edition of the city derby. Bournemouth meanwhile will seek to end the streak of seven consecutive defeats in the Premier League against the needy Burnley.