Manchester City were comfortably victorious at Bournemouth as the Blues returned to winning ways in the Premier League.
Julian Alvarez, Erling Haaland and Phil Foden were all on the scoresheet in the first half as the hosts struggled to defend City's flowing attacks. When Alvarez's strike, which was adjudged to be a Chris Mepham own goal, went in six minutes after the interval, the game was well and truly over as a contest.
However, Jefferson Lerma's strike in the 83rd minute made sure that a clean sheet was snatched away from the Blues once again. The Cherries' goal aside, it was the perfect result for City on the south coast.
