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What a start to this weekend’s Premier League action that was, as Manchester City ran out 2-1 winners against Bournemouth in an incident packed encounter at Dean Court. Let’s see how the players rated.
Bournemouth
Begovic 6
No chance with either goal, looks to be a decent upgrade on Arthur Boruc.
A Smith 7
Caused Mendy a lot of problems down the right particularly in the first half, dug in and defended well as City piled on the pressure late on.
S Cook 7
Solid performance by The Cherries stalwart. Cleared and blocked numerous times as his side came under some heavy pressure.
Aké 4
A bad day at the office for Bournemouth’s record-signing. Lost Jesus for City’s first and should have been sent off for taking down the young Brazilian, as he tried to recover from his own error.
Mings 7
Good display from the no-nonsense centre-half. Solid in tackle and distributed the ball well at times.
Daniels 8
Scored one of the goals of the season with one of the sweetest strikes of a football you are ever likely to see, worked tirelessly down the left for his side.
Gosling 7
Found a lot of space in the first half and put in a decent shift defensively.
Surman 7
A couple of classy forward passes in the first half. Held his own against City’s star-studded midfield.
Arter 7
Got through a mountain of work as always, like many of his team-mates, really unlucky to be on the losing side.
King 9 ( MOTM )
The best player on the pitch, running City ragged at times. Almost scored with a brilliant left footed effort that hit the bar. With performances like this its easy to see why Spurs have been linked with a big-money move for the Norway international.
Defoe 6
One good effort in the first-half, but apart from that struggled to make much of a impact on his first Bournemouth start in 16 years.
Subs
Afobe 6
Put himself about before being taken off with a back injury.
Mousset 5
Was penalised for the free-kick on Otamendi that lead to City’s winner, in truth he was very unlucky as he clearly got the ball.
Man City
Ederson 6
Nothing he could do about Daniel’s wonderstike, but made a couple of routine saves look a lot more difficult than they should have been.
Danilo 6
Covered a a lot of ground up and down the right, does seem a lot more comfortable going forward than when being asked questions defensively.
Kompany 8
A rock at the back, if City are to challenge for the title this year he has to stay fit.
Otamendi 6
Flew into some early challenges and as always, looked a better player when he has Kompany beside him.
Mendy 6
Some good crosses from the left. Looks a real Pep player, good going forward, dodgy going the other way.
De Bruyne 8
Along with Silva he is the man that makes this City side tick. Kept pushing and probing until the end.
Fernandinho 7
Like most of his team-mates started sloppily but recovered well to put in his normal solid shift.
Silva 8
Such a classy operater, a master at finding space between the lines.
Bernardo Silva 6
A quality player, but looks as if it will take him a while to adjust to the pace of the Premier League.
Jesus 9
Brilliant piece of awareness and finish for the equaliser. A world class talent, hard to believe he’s only 20.
Sterling 7
Two goals in a week for a player so often accused of not providing any end product. Comically sent off for celebrating his goal with the travelling support.
Subs
Agüero 6
The feeling that his face just doesn’t fit in Pep’s team was confirmed when he was dropped to the sub’s bench, tried hard to make a impact when he came one but looked a little short of confidence.
Sané N/A
No Impact.
Stones
No impact.
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