Manchester City suffered their first Premier League loss since December as Bournemouth shocked the champions, whereas Arsenal had been rocked by Newcastle and Liverpool seized prime spot on Saturday. City had been unbeaten of their earlier 32 league video games, courting again to a defeat at Aston Villa final yr. But Pep Guardiola’s second-placed facet noticed that streak come to an surprising finish in a 2-1 loss on England’s south coast. The Cherries had by no means overwhelmed City of their 21 earlier conferences, shedding 19 of these matches, but Andoni Iraola’s workforce sprang an enormous upset to derail the champions’ push for a fifth successive title.
Bournemouth lately broken Arsenal’s title hopes with a 2-0 win on the Vitality Stadium and so they inflicted ache on City as properly.
Guardiola had claimed City confronted an harm “emergency” after they suffered health issues in Wednesday’s League Cup defeat at Tottenham.
Exhausted or not, City had been rocked within the ninth minute when Bournemouth winger Antoine Semenyo drilled Milos Kerkez’s cross previous Ederson from inside the world.
Guardiola’s males had been unable to muster a response to that blow and Evanilson doubled Bournemouth’s lead within the sixty fourth minute with a composed end from Kerkez’s cross.
Josko Gvardiol’s header decreased the deficit within the 82nd minute, nevertheless it was too late to save lots of City from a second defeat in 4 days.
“We have numerous gamers with no minutes so the steadiness is a bit uncomfortable. Today we couldn’t deal with their depth. That’s why we misplaced the sport,” Guardiola stated.
Newcastle put an enormous dent in fourth-placed Arsenal’s title aspirations with a 1-0 win at St James’ Park.
Alexander Isak netted within the twelfth minute, heading house Anthony Gordon’s pinpoint cross.
Injury-hit Arsenal struggled to get out of first gear and produced only one shot on track in your entire sport.
Mikel Arteta’s workforce, runners-up to City for the previous two years, have taken only one level from their final three video games.
“Today we weren’t our greatest model. It’s about the way you react to that. We’re not going to seek out the fitting phrases or solutions to explain how we really feel,” stated Arteta, whose facet are seven factors adrift of first place.
Liverpool’s late energy surge
At Anfield, Liverpool had been at risk of a shock lack of their very own earlier than regrouping to make the most of their rivals’ stumbles with a 2-1 win over Brighton.
Ferdi Kadioglu gave Brighton the lead within the 14th minute with a fierce strike that cannoned in off the submit after Danny Welbeck flicked on Kaoru Mitoma’s cross.
But Liverpool had overwhelmed Brighton within the League Cup final 16 in midweek and so they repeated the trick because of a late revival.
Cody Gakpo bagged the equaliser within the 69th minute with a cross that looped straight into the web.
Three minutes later, Mohamed Salah put Liverpool forward, the Egypt ahead curling a high-quality end into the highest nook for his ninth purpose this season.
In Arne Slot’s first season in cost, Liverpool are two factors away from City after their eighth win in 10 league video games.
“More than the place we’re in, for those who face a workforce like this and are 1-0 down and may come again to a 2-1 win that offers me numerous confidence,” Slot stated.
Nottingham Forest are as much as third place after beating 10-man West Ham 3-0 to make it three consecutive top-flight victories for the primary time since 1999.
Chris Wood grabbed his eighth purpose in 10 league video games within the twenty seventh minute and West Ham had Edson Alvarez despatched off in first-half stoppage-time.
Callum Hudson-Odoi struck within the sixty fifth minute and Ola Aina sealed the factors 12 minutes from full-time on the City Ground.
Jordan Ayew’s stoppage-time equaliser denied third-bottom Ipswich their first top-flight win since 2002 as Leicester rescued a 1-1 draw at Portman Road.
Leif Davis’ Fifty fifth-minute volley put Ipswich forward however the hosts had Kalvin Phillips despatched off within the 77th minute.
Second-bottom Southampton earned their first league win this season as Adam Armstrong’s eighty fifth minute strike sealed a 1-0 success in opposition to Everton.
Winless Wolves stay backside of the desk after Marc Guehi’s 77th minute equaliser earned Crystal Palace a 2-2 draw at Molineux.
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