Manchester City 3: 1 Bournemouth De Bruyne bid farewell to Marmush World Wave Basically locked in Champions League place

At 3 am on May 21, a focus battle was launched in the 37th round of the 2024-2025 Premier League. Manchester City played against Bournemouth at home. This game was also the last home game of De Bruyne's Blue Moon's career. In the end, Manchester City defeated Bournemouth 3-1 at home, climbing to third place, taking the initiative in the Champions League seats, and qualifying for the next season as long as they defeated their opponents in the last round.

After the game started, Manchester City quickly took the initiative on the field. In the 14th minute, Manchester City took the lead in breaking the deadlock. Omar Marmush scored a wonderful long shot outside the penalty area, and the ball went straight to the dead corner, helping Manchester City take a 1:0 lead.

In the 38th minute, Manchester City expanded its lead. Gundogan passed the ball, scored a low shot from the B-sea and Manchester City 2-0. In the second half of

, the game was in a bumpy and unrest. In the 67th minute, Bournemouth counterattacked, and Kovasic made a tactical foul and knocked down Evanielson. Since Kovasic was the last defensive player, the referee directly showed a red card and sent him off.

However, just 2 minutes later, Bournemouth's Lewis Cook's flying tackle Manchester City player was also sent off, and both sides returned to a 10-to-10 situation.

In the 89th minute, Nico Gonzalez scored a goal to secure the victory, Manchester City 3-0.

Entered stoppage time, and Bournemouth's Jebison seized the opportunity in the penalty area and scored a goal for the team. But the goal could not change the outcome of the game, and Manchester City finally defeated Bournemouth 3-1.

It is worth mentioning that in the 25th minute of the game, Manchester City got an excellent opportunity. Kovasic sent a straight pass, Marmush made a cross from the left side of the penalty area, De Bruyne faced an empty goal opportunity without a single shot, grabbed the shot but hit the crossbar and bounced out, which also became a regretful moment in the game.

At the end of the game, Golden Globe winner Rodri returned from injury, and his return was undoubtedly a great benefit for Manchester City's subsequent games.

Both teams and post-match ratings

Manchester City (4-2-3-1):

Goalkeeper: 31 - Ederson (7 points)

Defender: 27 - Nunes (6 points), 25 - Akanji (6 points), 3 - Dias (6 points), 24 - Gwadior (6 points)

Midfielder: 8 - Kovasic (4 points), 19 - Gundogan (7 points)

Forward: 17 - De Bruyne (6.8 points), 20-B seat (8 points), 7 - Marmush (7.3 points)

Forward: 9 - Haaland (6 Points)

Bornemouth (4-2-3-1):

Goalkeeper: Kepa (6 points)

Defender: Araujo (70 '↓, 5 points), Zabani (5 points), Cockz (83 '↓, 5 points), Heisen (5 points), Taveniere (5 points)

Midfielders: Adams (5 points), Cook (4 points)

Forwards: Cruivett (46 '↓, 5 points), Semeno (5 points), Tavernier (5 points)

Forwards: Evanielson (83 '↓, 5 points)

Technical statistics

From the technical statistics, Manchester City completed 12 shots in the game, of which 5 hit the target; by comparison, Bournemouth had only eight shots and only two shots on the right. In terms of expected goals, Manchester City is 1.60 and Bournemouth is 1.06. Both sides have two obvious scoring opportunities. In terms of possession, Manchester City accounts for 58% of the ball, compared to Bournemouth only 42%, which means the Blue Moon controls the pace of the game. Manchester City reached 90% in terms of pass success rate, far higher than Bournemouth's 85%.

Defensive end, although both sides each had 1 red card, Manchester City only received 1 yellow card, while Bournemouth received 3 yellow cards, plus Manchester City also had fewer fouls than their opponents (7-13).