Manchester City 2–1 AFC Bournemouth

Manchester City

2–1

23 Aug 2026

AFC Bournemouth

Europa League Sun 23 Aug, 14:00London Etihad Stadium, Manchester Jarred Gillett 60,645 attendance

Timeline

26' Marcus Tavernier assist Evanilson
45'+1' Evanilson Yellow Card
57' Matheus Nunes for Rico Lewis
63' Rayan Cherki for Nico O'Reilly
63' Mateo Kovacic for Elliot Anderson
75' Daniel Jebbison for Evanilson
75' Alex Tóth for Justin Kluivert
75' Tyler Adams for Lewis Cook
78' Phil Foden Yellow Card
82' Jack Grealish for Phil Foden
84' Marc Guéhi assist Rayan Cherki
85' António Silva Yellow Card
89' Ben Gannon-Doak for Rayan
90'+1' Josko Gvardiol assist Rayan Cherki

Match stats

66.1% Possession 33.9%

13 Shots 5

6 On target 4

11 Fouls 11

1 Yellow cards 2

0 Red cards 0

2 Offsides 1

3 Saves 4

569 Accurate passes 263

Lineups

Manchester City 4-2-3-1

1 Donnarumma

24 Gvardiol 3 Dias 45 Khusanov 82 Lewis

6 Guéhi 5 Anderson

42 Semenyo 33 O'Reilly 47 Foden

9 Haaland

AFC Bournemouth 4-2-3-1

1 Petrovic

3 Truffert 14 Silva 5 Hill 15 Smith

8 Scott 4 Cook

16 Tavernier 19 Kluivert 37 Rayan

9 Evanilson

Manchester City 4-2-3-1

1 Gianluigi Donnarumma G
3 Rúben Dias CD-L
45 Abdukodir Khusanov CD-R
24 Josko Gvardiol LB
82 Rico Lewis ▼ RB
33 Nico O'Reilly ▼ AM
6 Marc Guéhi LM
5 Elliot Anderson ▼ RM
9 Erling Haaland F
42 Antoine Semenyo AM-L
47 Phil Foden ▼ AM-R

Came on

10 Rayan Cherki ▲ SUB
27 Matheus Nunes ▲ SUB
8 Mateo Kovacic ▲ SUB
18 Jack Grealish ▲ SUB

Unused substitutes (5)

28 Gerónimo Rulli SUB
22 Vitor Reis SUB
21 Rayan Aït-Nouri SUB
7 Omar Marmoush SUB
14 Nico González SUB

AFC Bournemouth 4-2-3-1

1 Djordje Petrovic G
14 António Silva CD-L
5 James Hill CD-R
3 Adrien Truffert LB
15 Adam Smith RB
19 Justin Kluivert ▼ AM
8 Alex Scott LM
4 Lewis Cook ▼ RM
9 Evanilson ▼ F
16 Marcus Tavernier AM-L
37 Rayan ▼ AM-R

Came on

29 Daniel Jebbison ▲ SUB
11 Ben Gannon-Doak ▲ SUB
27 Alex Tóth ▲ SUB
12 Tyler Adams ▲ SUB

Unused substitutes (5)

40 William Dennis SUB
18 Bafodé Diakité SUB
24 Juanlu Sanchez SUB
7 David Brooks SUB
30 Álvaro Rodríguez SUB

Commentary

Match ends, Manchester City 2, Bournemouth 1.
90'+6' Second Half ends, Manchester City 2, Bournemouth 1.
90'+4' Offside, Bournemouth. James Hill is caught offside.
90'+3' Offside, Manchester City. Antoine Semenyo is caught offside.
90'+2' VAR Decision: Goal Manchester City 2-1 Bournemouth (Josko Gvardiol).
90'+1' Goal! Manchester City 2, Bournemouth 1. Josko Gvardiol (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Rayan Cherki with a through ball.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
90' Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
89' Substitution, Bournemouth. Ben Gannon-Doak replaces Rayan.
88' Handball by Jack Grealish (Manchester City).
88' Offside, Manchester City. Antoine Semenyo is caught offside.
85' António Silva (Bournemouth) is shown the yellow card.
84' Goal! Manchester City 1, Bournemouth 1. Marc Guéhi (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rayan Cherki with a cross following a corner.

87 earlier entries

84' Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by António Silva.
82' Substitution, Manchester City. Jack Grealish replaces Phil Foden.
81' Foul by Antoine Semenyo (Manchester City).
81' Adam Smith (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
79' Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by Rúben Dias.
79' Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by Gianluigi Donnarumma.
79' Attempt saved. Daniel Jebbison (Bournemouth) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner by Gianluigi Donnarumma (Manchester City). Assisted by Marcus Tavernier with a cross.
78' Phil Foden (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
78' Foul by Phil Foden (Manchester City).
78' Daniel Jebbison (Bournemouth) wins a free kick on the left wing.
76' Matheus Nunes (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
76' Foul by Adrien Truffert (Bournemouth).
75' Substitution, Bournemouth. Tyler Adams replaces Lewis Cook.
75' Substitution, Bournemouth. Alex Tóth replaces Justin Kluivert.
75' Substitution, Bournemouth. Daniel Jebbison replaces Evanilson.
75' Attempt saved. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Djordje Petrovic (Bournemouth). Assisted by Marc Guéhi.
73' Phil Foden (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
73' Foul by James Hill (Bournemouth).
72' Attempt missed. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Rayan Cherki.
68' Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by António Silva.
68' Attempt blocked. Phil Foden (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Rayan Cherki.
67' Attempt saved. Antoine Semenyo (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Djordje Petrovic (Bournemouth).
63' Substitution, Manchester City. Mateo Kovacic replaces Elliot Anderson because of an injury.
63' Substitution, Manchester City. Rayan Cherki replaces Nico O'Reilly.
63' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
62' Delay in match because of an injury Elliot Anderson (Manchester City).
60' Elliot Anderson (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
60' Foul by Marcus Tavernier (Bournemouth).
59' Foul by Marc Guéhi (Manchester City).
59' Marcus Tavernier (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
57' Substitution, Manchester City. Matheus Nunes replaces Rico Lewis.
55' Rico Lewis (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
55' Foul by Adrien Truffert (Bournemouth).
54' Foul by Antoine Semenyo (Manchester City).
54' Adam Smith (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
53' Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by António Silva.
51' Attempt missed. Marc Guéhi (Manchester City) header from very close range is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Elliot Anderson with a cross following a corner.
51' Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Adam Smith.
48' Antoine Semenyo (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
48' Foul by James Hill (Bournemouth).
45' Second Half begins Manchester City 0, Bournemouth 1.
45'+3' First Half ends, Manchester City 0, Bournemouth 1.
45'+3' Foul by Elliot Anderson (Manchester City).
45'+3' Marcus Tavernier (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+1' Evanilson (Bournemouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45' Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
45' Marc Guéhi (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45' Foul by Evanilson (Bournemouth).
44' Attempt missed. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left following a corner.
44' Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Adrien Truffert.
41' Attempt saved. Justin Kluivert (Bournemouth) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Gianluigi Donnarumma (Manchester City). Assisted by Rayan.
40' Attempt missed. Marcus Tavernier (Bournemouth) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Justin Kluivert following a fast break.
39' Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Djordje Petrovic.
39' Attempt saved. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner by Djordje Petrovic (Bournemouth). Assisted by Rúben Dias.
37' Foul by Elliot Anderson (Manchester City).
37' Evanilson (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
34' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
34' Delay in match (Manchester City).
33' Attempt blocked. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
30' Foul by Elliot Anderson (Manchester City).
30' Alex Scott (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
29' Elliot Anderson (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
29' Foul by Evanilson (Bournemouth).
26' Goal! Manchester City 0, Bournemouth 1. Marcus Tavernier (Bournemouth) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Evanilson.
22' Foul by Phil Foden (Manchester City).
22' Marcus Tavernier (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
18' Foul by Rico Lewis (Manchester City).
18' Justin Kluivert (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
17' Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Adrien Truffert.
14' Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by Gianluigi Donnarumma.
14' Attempt saved. Rayan (Bournemouth) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Gianluigi Donnarumma (Manchester City).
14' Rico Lewis (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
14' Foul by Adrien Truffert (Bournemouth).
8' Marc Guéhi (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
8' Foul by Justin Kluivert (Bournemouth).
8' Attempt blocked. Phil Foden (Manchester City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nico O'Reilly with a cross.
6' Antoine Semenyo (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
6' Foul by Adam Smith (Bournemouth).
5' Attempt missed. Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City) header from the left side of the six yard box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Phil Foden with a cross following a corner.
4' Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Djordje Petrovic.
4' Attempt saved. Rico Lewis (Manchester City) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner by Djordje Petrovic (Bournemouth). Assisted by Phil Foden.
3' Foul by Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City).
3' Adam Smith (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
2' Phil Foden (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
2' Foul by Adrien Truffert (Bournemouth).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

Recent form

Manchester City L W L L D

D at AFC Bournemouth 1-1 Premier League
L Aston Villa 2-1 Premier League
L Inter Milan 1-1 Club Friendly
W Atlético Madrid 3-1 Club Friendly
L at Arsenal 3-0 Community Shield

AFC Bournemouth L D D D W

W at Fulham 1-0 Premier League
D Manchester City 1-1 Premier League
D at Nottingham Forest 1-1 Premier League
D at Real Betis 2-2 Club Friendly
L at Mainz 05 2-1 Club Friendly

Head to head

MNC leads series 3-1-1

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