Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has praised Bournemouth after his side were beaten 2-1.
City's 32-match unbeaten run came to an end in the Premier League as they now have lost their past two games.
Antoine Semenyo's brilliantly well-taken goal but the Cherries ahead after nine minutes.
In the second half the home side made it 2-0 thanks to a stretching Evanilson who put the ball past a stationary Ederson.
A hopeful late comeback saw Josko Gvardiol head home for the Blues but a strong defensive performance from Andoni Iraola's side meant that Bournemouth claimed all three points.
- Pep Guardiola on how well Bournemouth played
It was clear to see that Rodri was the missing piece of the jigsaw for City today with Bournemouth pressing aggressively in midfield, Pep Guardiola highlighted this in his post-match press conference as he said:
"I congratulate Bournemouth... The 50/50 balls in the middle, the duels, they play this type of game. They are so aggressive. They had six, seven days to prepare. They have physicality and speed, but you have to win these types of situations."
City's creative prowess was hindered by Iraola's team being so good defensively, as the midfielders were not able to produce much due to the intensity from Bournemouth as Guardiola said:
"We could not match the intensity [of Bournemouth] and we could not stop the long balls. We had to defend deeper, and we struggled to create in the build-up."
Pep also gave an update on John Stones's current injury as he said:
"I don't know if he'll be back for the next two games."
Stones who has a foot problem and Ruben Dias who has a muscular injury means they will both miss the games against Sporting Lisbon and Brighton.
- Kyle Walker admits City have to be better
After an impressive display from the south coast team, the last 10 minutes proved to be their toughest spell during the game as the champions scored through Gvardiol with eight minutes to go.
Jeremy Doku's shot flashed past the Cherries left post, Erling Haaland's header was saved superbly saved by Mark Travers, and on a left-footed shot that you would expect Phil Foden to score, that went begging past the right post of Travers's net. Walker spoke about the last 10 minutes from the Blues in his post-match interview as he said:
"The last 10 minutes is how we should've played the whole game, with the emotion, the togetherness, and the spirit to go and win the game. But they've caught us on a couple of good counter-attacking plays, Eddie [Ederson] has made some fantastic saves."
City have been hit with a lot of injuries recently with John Stones Ruben Dias, Rodri, Jack Grealish, and Oscar Bobb all out with injuries, Walker who had not trained for 19 days before today's game said:
"Sometimes you have to play the game with emotion, Sometimes, when we've got the injuries we've got, the lads are tired, they [Bournemouth] have had six days to prepare and everything like that, sometimes you need to play with your heart."
Manchester City's loss today meant that their 32-match unbeaten run came to an end, the fourth longest unbeaten run in the Premier League era. The Englishmen said:
"It's been fantastic. You take your wins like you do your losses, you take it on your chin, and you move on, and that's what we have to do now."
Pep Guardiola's side turn their attention to Sporting Lisbon on Tuesday night, as rivals Manchester United announced the signing of their new manager who is the current Sporting manager, Ruben Amorim who will face the Cityzens for the third time. City's number two spoke about how recovery is key after the loss as he said:
"That's the beauty of football; there's always another game and to bounce back we need to make sure we rest up, recover as best we can, and then we go to Sporting for another tough, tough game because they're flying in the league."
City drop to 2nd in the Premier League as Liverpool beat Brighton 2-1 today.
