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Hello and welcome to Telegraph Sport’s reside, minute-by-minute protection of Bournemouth v Manchester City. Unlike many of the younger people travelling to Bournemouth on a Saturday night, Pep Guardiola would love a pleasant, quiet night time by the coast. Since City beat Bournemouth 6-1 within the return fixture, they’ve performed 14 Premier League video games – and solely two might be described as comfy victories. In the remaining City both a) didn’t win or b) needed to come from behind and/or wait till the final 20 minutes to take the lead.

With Liverpool defying their damage record and Arsenal hitting spectacular type, City can’t afford to drop any factors tonight. Bournemouth away isn’t simple, however it will get even harder after this. City’s subsequent 5 league video games are Man Utd (H), Liverpool (A), Brighton (A), Arsenal (H) and Aston Villa (H).

City are masters of pacing the Premier League marathon, which is why they’re quietly on the cusp of extra historical past. No group has ever been English champions 4 seasons in a row, however City may obtain that – and win a sixth title in seven years. In some methods their period of dominance began at Bournemouth. On 26 August 2017, within the third recreation of the season, Raheem Sterling scored a 97th-minute winner and City by no means seemed again. They scored 24 targets within the subsequent 5 league video games, didn’t even draw once more till New Year’s Eve and completed the second with a report 100 factors. The misplaced season of 2019-20 apart, they’ve dominated English soccer ever since.

In the week Sir Jim Ratcliffe stated the newly competent Manchester United wish to knock City off their perch. They’ll have to affix the queue. “All the teams want it,” stated Guardiola yesterday. “What I want is Man City, my team, being there. The rest, I don’t care.”

Kick off is at 5.30pm, and we’ll have group information shortly.