Ben Fisher was in Bournemouth to watch City’s easy win. His report is in, and here it is. Thanks for reading this MBM, and don’t forget there’s one last Premier League game left tonight: Luke McLaughlin is your guide for Crystal Palace v Liverpool. Enjoy, enjoy!
Pep applauds the travelling support and the Sky camera operator zooms in on him. In a good humour, Pep grabs the lens and, with a twinkle in his eye, swings the camera away from himself and towards his players. City will be delighted with their performance tonight, the last few minutes apart. Mind you, Bournemouth will be happy enough with the way they played, too. Sometimes there’s nothing you can do, the cream has to rise, and they were simply outclassed in the first half. They’ll be pleased with their second-half showing, though: Gary O’Neil will have sent his team back out to get a second-half draw at least, and that’s what they did, albeit with the help of a slew of City substitutions. A little something to take away from a match in which, let’s be honest, next to nothing was expected of them. (It’s now 12 straight wins in the Premier League for City over Bournemouth at the aggregate score of 38-7; Mac Millings can rest now that Watford’s current cumulative total against City of 45-6 remains out there on its own.) City end the day where they started it, two points behind leaders Arsenal …
| Pos | Team | P | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arsenal | 24 | 29 | 57 |
| 2 | Man City | 25 | 39 | 55 |
| 3 | Man Utd | 24 | 13 | 49 |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 24 | 9 | 42 |
| 5 | Newcastle | 23 | 20 | 41 |
while Bournemouth drop into the relegation zone.
| Pos | Team | P | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | West Ham | 24 | -6 | 23 |
| 17 | Leeds | 24 | -10 | 22 |
| 18 | Everton | 24 | -15 | 21 |
| 19 | AFC Bournemouth | 24 | -26 | 21 |
| 20 | Southampton | 24 | -22 | 18 |
