Raheem Sterling grabs last-gasp winner for Manchester City at Bournemouth - Player ratings and round-up

Sport360 staff 18:13 26/08/2017
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  • Raheem Sterling struck a deflected injury-time winner to give Manchester City victory after a hard-fought contest at Bournemouth – only to then be sent off for his celebrations.

    It looked as though Pep Guardiola was going to be left frustrated for the second time in a week following the home draw against Everton before Sterling’s last-gasp strike looped in off Andrew Surman to seal a 2-1 victory.

    Sterling was shown a second yellow card after celebrating in among the jubilant away fans as Bournemouth were left with nothing to show for a strong showing after Gabriel Jesus had initially equalised a stunning Charlie Daniels strike.

    TWEET OF THE MATCH

    STAR MAN

    Charlie Daniels

    It is easy to hand the accolade to Daniels for his memorable goal alone, but the Bournemouth man, operating as a wing-back for much of the contest, covered every blade of grass in his team’s effort.

    Daniels has become one of the first names on Eddie Howe’s team sheet at the Vitality Stadium and on this showing it is easy to see why.

    Charlie Daniels

    Charlie Daniels

    MOMENT OF THE MATCH

    Daniels opened the scoring with Bournemouth’s first goal of the campaign – and it was a strike to remember.

    The Cherries had started the game well without testing Ederson in the City goal, but the young goalkeeper had no chance of keeping out Daniels’ rasping drive.

    As Vincent Kompany’s header dropped, the 30-year-old caught it sweetly and saw the ball fly past Ederson and into the back of the net off the crossbar to send the home support into raptures.

    DATA POINT

    Jesus’ equaliser means he has now been directly involved in 12 City goals in just 11 Premier League starts – scoring eight and providing four assists.

    RATINGS

    Bournemouth

    Asmir Begovic 7
    Steve Cook 6
    Nathan Ake 5
    Tyrone Mings 7
    Adam Smith 6
    Dan Gosling 7
    Andrew Surman 7
    Harry Arter 6
    Charlie Daniels 8
    Joshua King 7
    Jermain Defoe 7

    Substitutes

    Benik Afobe (for Defoe, 72) 6
    Lys Mousset (for Afobe, 90) 5

    Manchester City

    Ederson 6
    Danilo 7
    Nicolas Otamendi 6
    Vincent Kompany 6
    Benjamin Mendy 7
    Fernandinho 7
    Raheem Sterling 7
    Kevin de Bruyne 7
    David Silva 8
    Bernardo Silva 7
    Gabriel Jesus 7

    Substitutes

    Sergio Aguero (for Bernardo, 66) 6
    Leroy Sane (for Jesus, 82) 5
    John Stones (for Silva, 90) 5

    AFC Bournemouth v Manchester City - Premier League

    WHO’S UP NEXT?

    Arsenal v Bournemouth (Premier League, September 9 )
    Manchester City v Liverpool (Premier League, September 9 )

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