Haaland brace helps City past Bournemouth as title race tightens
Erling Haaland scored twice as Manchester City beat Bournemouth to climb to second.
Nico O’Reilly sealed the win for City with a late finish.
Opta data shows City spend 51.3 percent of this season in a winning position.
However, Bournemouth have spent only 11 percent of minutes losing, the lowest in the league.
Rayan Cherki made his only league start for City since joining from Lyon.
Earlier, that August start came in the 2-0 home defeat to Tottenham.
Nevertheless, Cherki has shown promise but has yet to settle into Guardiola’s system.
Guardiola rates the French playmaker and he scored in the Carabao Cup this week.
The City boss spoke highly of his potential last month.
Meanwhile, City sit second ahead of a busy run of fixtures.
Bournemouth must regroup as they chase a better run.
TLDR
Haaland’s brace fires City to second.
City now own 51.3 percent of the season in winning positions.
Cherki shows promise but still needs time to settle under Guardiola’s system.
Erling Haaland
Manchester City