Bournemouth 1-1 Manchester City: Arsenal win Premier League as City drop points

Manchester City were poor and failed to create. Bournemouth shut them out effectively, with few chances for the visitors although Erling Haaland pulled one goal back late on, but it was not going to be enough. Dropped points mean that Manchester City are mathematically out of the title race and thus Arsenal have been crowned as Premier League champions , while Bournemouth have confirmed European football for the first time in their history.

As it happened Needing no less than a win to take the Premier League title race to the final day, an early chance for Jérémy Doku looked promising for Manchester City as he dropped the shoulder to move onto his weaker left foot. His shot did not get the force he would have wanted behind it and made it a simple save in the end for Djordje Petrovic. The visitors thought they had found the opener after just 12 minutes when Erling Haaland received the ball just inside the Bournemouth half before sending ex-Cherries forward Antoine Semenyo through on goal, only for the offside flag to be raised.

Soon after, Evanilson was left wondering how he failed to put the hosts ahead. Some brilliant play between Adrien Truffert and Marcus Tavernier saw the latter deliver a ball across the face of goal; Evanilson should have buried the chance with ease but instead saw his effort fly over the bar before the offside flag was raised. But it was teenager Junior Kroupi who eventually found the breakthrough for the hosts towards the end of the first half.

It was Bournemouth’s left-hand side that had proved fruitful again, with Tavernier playing the ball down the line to Truffert who pulled it back to Kroupi on the edge of the area. He opened up his body and finished superbly, curling it into the top right-hand corner. Manchester City should have drawn level almost immediately after the break through Nico O’Reilly.