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Manchester City make it 100 Premier League goals in calendar year after big home win against AFC Bournemouth

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MAN CITY 4, AFC BOURNEMOUTH 0

It is a measure of table-topping Manchester City’s supremacy in the Premier League that they beat AFC Bournemouth with ease, despite playing nowhere near their best.

Yet it was another day of records as City became the first team in the Premier League era to score 100 goals in a calendar year as they moved 14 points clear of second-placed United.

City also made it 17 straight Premier League wins in a row to match Inter Milan who had the second best record in Europe’s top five leagues.

Sergio Aguero also scored his 100th goal for City at the Etihad.

Romelu Lukaku to the rescue as Manchester United scrape past AFC Bournemouth

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MAN UNITED 1, AFC BOURNEMOUTH 0 Romelu Lukaku spared Manchester United’s blushes with the match-winning goal in an underwhelming home victory against AFC Bournemouth. The striker’s 15th goal of the season – but only his second in the last 10 Premier League games – was all that separated the teams. But on the balance of […]

Raheem Sterling strikes late to win it for Manchester City at Bournemouth

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BOURNEMOUTH 1, MANCHESTER CITY 2 Raheem Sterling hit a late late equaliser for Manchester City but was then sent off for over celebrating a strike which won all three points on the south coast for City. Bournemouth had looked set for a hard fought draw after taking an early lead from Charlie Daniels’ contender for […]

Sickening stamp to the head of Zlatan Ibrahimovic captures headlines as Manchester United are held at home by 10-man Bournemouth

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MAN UNITED 1, AFC BOURNEMOUTH 1 Tyrone Mings’ stamp to the head of Zlatan Ibrahimovic as the striker lay on the ground, that went unpunished, completely overshadowed everything else that happened in Manchester United’s home draw against 10-man Bournemouth. Surely the Football Association will take retrospective action against the Cherries’ defender after viewing the footage […]

Another complete performance as Manchester City beat AFC Bournemouth 4-0

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MAN CITY 4, AFC BOURNEMOUTH 0 Four goals, four different goalscorers underlined another complete performance Pep Guardiola made it eight wins out of eight as Manchester City manager as the club made it their best-ever start to a season. While it proved another routine win, there was nothing routine about the football as City again […]