![]() Bournemouth have won only one of their nine Premier League games since the World Cup break, losing six times, with their five points accrued during that time fewer than any other side. O'Neil knows the nature of this division means his side must start collecting more points, however. There's a lot I will take from today and build on the positives." When you're a player, you get to reflect on these games and see the level City are at. "I'm disappointed that we didn't score a couple more. The fourth goal could've killed the boys off but we still created opportunities. "The second half needed to be a response and we showed the world that we did. ![]() It was an interesting test for them at half-time because you feel the game is done. "We just came up a little bit short against a very good team. "You could feel from the fans that they were on board with the type of performance that we put in. "In terms of effort and endeavour and the response to going behind, we were on the front foot," he said. Pep just tells me to play my normal game but asks me to go inside alongside Rodri, to give us more control of the midfield. Lewis said: "I got my rhythm quickly and did as well as I could. Lewis has not started a game, nor been used at all, since City were beaten at Tottenham earlier this month, but it was his ability to cut inside which would allow Gundogan licence to drift forward - De Bruyne-like - and cause so much damage. Kevin De Bruyne, who missed the Leipzig game through illness, was fit enough only for the substitutes bench - but it was the use of Rico Lewis which allowed Ilkay Gundogan to decide this match before the interval. Pep, ever the perfectionist, will be disappointed to lose the clean sheet so late on. Certainly in terms of the first 80 minutes of this match. Three unanswered first-half goals from Julian Alvarez, Erling Haaland and Phil Foden blew Bournemouth away.Īfter a winless midweek in Europe, Pep Guardiola's side delivered the response he wants. So they came to the Vitality Stadium to take the points and to make one at the same time.
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