DAILY MIRROR 26.08.2019
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MAN CITY
BOURNEMOUTH
EDERSON Booked 6
Booked early on for a daft foul on
Wilson and Smith’s shot hit his face
WALKER Booked 6
Lucky not to get sent off for a
nasty lunge on Ake. Used pace well
OTAMENDI Booked 7
Solid at the back and put in some
tough challenges
LAPORTE 7
Classy. Safe and strong in defence
and played the ball out well
ZINCHENKO 7
Set up two goals and was a
constant danger down the left
GUNDOGAN 7
Held the City midfield together
well but struggled with physicality
DE BRUYNE 7
Showed his class time and time
again as he did simple things well
STERLING 7
Took his chance well, was lucky
not to get booked for bad tackle
D SILVA 8
Sublime. Ran the game on his
400th appearance for City
B SILVA 7
Tricky as ever on the right, gave
Bournemouth constant problems
AGUERO 7
Had a row with his boss last week,
but this time took goals superbly
RAMSDALE 6
Solid performance and some good
saves. Had little chance with goals
MEPHAM 6
Struggled to cope with the pace
and movement of City’s attackers
COOK 6
Made a couple of brave last-ditch
tackles as City pressed
AKE 6
Best of the Cherries’ defenders.
Assured and great interceptions
SMITH 6
Battled to get forward well but he
was caught out for Sterling’s goal
BILLING 6
Worked hard in the Cherries’
midfield but made little impact
LERMA Booked 7
Lucky not to give away a penalty
when he felled David Silva in area
DANIELS 6
Came off with a bad knee injury
which is a major concern
KING 7
Missed an early chance and his
pace worried City all game
WILSON 6
Worked hard in the centre of the
Cherries’ attack but was isolated
FRASER 6
Made some good runs but dropped
back after Daniels was injured
SUBS
Cancelo (Walker 89)
Rodrigo 7 (Gundogan 58)
Mahrez (B Silva 78)
SUBS
Ibe 6 (Smith 70)
H Wilson 7 (Dabniels 36)
Solanke 6 (C Wilson 70)
DAVID SILVA
MAN OF THE MATCH
MANCHESTER CITY have won all nine of their top-flight games against
Bournemouth – the best 100% win record by a team over an opponent in
top-flight history.
Bournemouth have lost four of their last seven home Premier
League matches (W1 D2 L4), as many as in their previous 18 at
the Vitality Stadium.
Man City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne registered his 50th Prem
assist in his 123rd appearance, reaching the tally in the fewest number
of games in the competition’s history.
Sergio Agüero’s second goal was his 400th career goal for
club and country, with 235 of those coming for Manchester City.
Bournemouth’s Harry Wilson became the youngest player (22
years & 156 days) to score in his first two Prem appearances since
Anthony Martial in September 2015 for Manchester United (19 years &
289 days).
In all competitions, Man City’s Raheem Sterling has scored 11
goals against Bournemouth – more than any other opponent
during his club career.
Manchester City’s David Silva assisted twice in this game and has
assisted more than once in 14 separate Prem games – only Ryan Giggs
and Cesc Fabregas have done so more often (17 games).
Sergio Aguero and David Silva have combined for 27 Prem
goals – the only duos to combine for more are Arsenal’s Thierry
Henry and Robert Pires (29) and Chelsea’s Didier Drogba and
Frank Lampard (36).
THE FINGER OF FATE
Sergio Aguero salutes his second
goal (below) after his early
opener (left) put City on course
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