AFC Bournemouth travelled to the home of the Premier League champions for their first away game of the new 2022/23 campaign.
Unfortunately for AFC Bournemouth head coach Scott Parker he had two late selection blows, losing top goalscorer Dominic Solanke to injury and left-back Jordan Zemura to Covid-19.
The Cherries brought in Jack Stacey and Lewis Cook to replace the duo, the only two changes from the starting XI who had beaten Aston Villa convincingly last weekend.
This however was a very different challenge and whilst the Cherries kept Erling Haaland quiet, the same couldn’t be said for Gundogan, De Bruyne and Foden who all got goals and assists during the 4-0 win.
After the match, Parker told Sky Sports…
“We played against a world-class team that can execute in any given moment.
“I said before the game we need to have 11 men with 10 out of 10 performances and to ride our luck, we’re going to have to take the very few chances we’re going to get along with every other team that comes here.
“You have to be clinical. We didn’t manage to do that and then the quality they have shone through.
“After the goals go in you could be on the end of one, but I was pleased with the team in the way they stuck at it with good endeavour, good personality and good courage. We can be pleased with that.
“Our season is not this. Man City away is not a team that will define our season. This is a game we need to analyse of course and we’ll do that and see where we can improve and get better. We’ll dust ourselves down and go again.”
The gaffer's take on today's game 🗣
— AFC Bournemouth 🍒 (@afcbournemouth) August 13, 2022
Man of the match against Man City
Travers
Christie
Kelly
Mepham
Pearson
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That was like going to the dentist for the first time in 3 years, you know it’s going to hurt, and it did but it could have been a lot worse: )
City are a lot better than last time and they were very good then. This match won’t define the season, no one is going to be saying ” it was that 4-0 away to City that cost us” : )
I thought Jack Stacey did as well as he could at left-back, seeing as he’s not considered good enough as a right back : )
Seemed to be a team effort to stop Harharland from scoring : )
The Riverside Rocket is in good spirits, largely positive people on board, getting points from City or Liverpool isn’t what will keep us up. The teamwork and spirit will and we kept plugging away : )
What a class act Nathan Ake is. He was outstanding for us as a player, he’s even better now. Came straight over at the end to the Cherry contingent, got a great ovation and it was deserved for his service to the club: )
Great to be back at it with all the Cherry faithful. 4-0, baking hot, job to out of our half but it’s a day’s worth of football adventure
Pity the next couple of opponents who feel the backlash from us, after that result : )
The away support 👏❤️ pic.twitter.com/cAAz99dfhY
— AFC Bournemouth 🍒 (@afcbournemouth) August 13, 2022
Your say…
Red_till_im_ded wrote…
I’m getting really fed up with the commentary I’m listening to. Just a constant gushing of how honoured we are to be watching such an incredible team of footballing Gods.
We’ve done ok. The lads are putting some effort in but when the ref booked Stacey after 4 minutes the message was sent straight out to our players that tackling any of their players will not be tolerated. I think we’ve given them too much respect, stood off them, allowed them to totally control the midfield and not gone with their runners.
kirsikka added…
One of the dullest games of the season is out the way early. No real harm done, as long as all the injuries are nothing serious.
Move on as today was an irrelevant match. If we’d have got something then brilliant but despite the scoreline, nothing was lost today. – Join the conversation, click here.
