'I couldn't handle Bournemouth' Pep, who bowed out, lost 1-2 to Man City, Bournemouth'32 games undefeated'

Nov 03, 2024

"We couldn't handle Bournemouth."

Pep Guardiola, manager of Manchester City, bowed his head. Man City suffered a shock defeat. I was held back by Bournemouth. Manchester City lost 1-2 to Bournemouth in the 10th round of the English Premier League (EPL) in 2024-2025 season at Vitality Stadium in Bournemouth, England on the 3rd (Korea time). Manchester City, which had seven wins and two draws since the opening, suffered its first league loss this season. The defeat dropped him to second place, two points behind Liverpool (25 points). Manchester City lost its second official match in a row following the round of 16 (1-2) of the League Cup against Tottenham at the end of last month.

Manchester City scored the first goal in the 9th minute of the first half. Miloš Kerquez made a one-on-one breakthrough. Antoine Semeno then finished the ball delivered to the center. Bournemouth scored an additional goal in the 19th minute of the second half. In the counterattack situation, Ivani Woosong scored a cross from the left side.

Manchester City, who were embarrassed, recovered one goal in the 37th minute of the second half with Yoshko Gvardiol's header, but failed to reverse the game with the remaining time.

After the game, Guardiola said "Today was Bournemouth's pace. We couldn't afford them"We knew we couldn't match the intensity. There was a chance at the end, but congratulations on their victory."

Manchester City lost a lot in this day's defeat. First of all, the lead was taken away. Manchester City is trying to win a historic fifth consecutive title this season, but Liverpool's momentum is strong.

On top of that, the unbeaten run ended. Manchester City's last defeat was against Aston Villa on December 6, 2023. Since then, Manchester City have raced to 26 wins and 6 draws. He scored 80 goals in 32 matches and conceded only 26 goals. Guardiola said he wanted to "keep going, but it's great that we've done it for a few games and months."

I said in an interview with Sky Sports.

Manchester City ended its unbeaten run on the same day and ranked fourth in the EPL's longest unbeaten record. No. 1 is Arsenal, who have played 49 games undefeated between 2023 and 2024. Arsenal won their first unbeaten championship in history at the time and were called the "Invincible Fleet".

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