Manchester City needed a win to keep the Premier League race alive but settled for a 1-1 draw with Bournemouth on Tuesday, a result that handed the title to Arsenal. Eli Junior Kroupi curled home in the 39th minute to put Bournemouth ahead. City pressed after the interval but could not find the end product required. Erling Haaland scored deep into stoppage time, but the goal proved only a consolation.<\/p>\n
Pep Guardiola\u2019s side finished four points behind league leaders Arsenal with one game remaining. Reports emerged before the match that Guardiola is on his way out at the end of the season after a decade in charge. The manager has already won six league titles with City, and this season his team also lifted the Carabao Cup and FA Cup, but Tuesday\u2019s draw will leave a stain on the final campaign.<\/p>\n
The performance was criticised for lacking urgency and for being one-dimensional, even when two goals were required to keep the title race alive. Guardiola was animated on the touchline and in the technical area as the seconds ticked down.<\/p>\n
Individual ratings reflected a mixed display. Rodri was one of the few to emerge with credit, rated 8.3: “Bossed the game from the midfield, hit the woodwork and had 112 touches, the most in the game.” Gianluigi Donnarumma received a 7.0 and needed the woodwork to help keep Bournemouth to one goal. Erling Haaland was marked 7.9 for his stoppage-time strike after a quiet first half. Matheus Nunes (7.3) and Abdukodir Khusanov (6.9) struggled at different stages; Khusanov was described as being caught in no man\u2019s land for the opener. Several substitutes made brief impacts: Savinho (7.0) won all his duels, Phil Foden (6.4) kept play alive for Haaland\u2019s eventual strike, while others saw limited minutes.<\/p>\n
The match statistics underlined a close game. Bournemouth had 45% possession to City\u2019s 55%. Expected goals were Bournemouth 1.99, Man City 1.67. Total shots were 10 for Bournemouth and 14 for City, with shots on target 2 and 5 respectively. Big chances favored Bournemouth 3-1, passing accuracy was 80% for Bournemouth and 87% for City, and fouls committed were 16 to 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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