Five Things Learned: Bournemouth 1-1 Manchester City (Premier League)

Bournemouth took the lead deep into the first-half, though, with a curling shot from Eli Junior Kroupi flying past Gianluigi Donnarumma into the top corner. Pep Guardiola ‘s men came out swinging in the second-half with far more urgency but could not find the equaliser despite a great early chance for Nico O’Reilly . Bournemouth continued to look for a second and former City academy star David Brooks went extremely close twice late on.

As time ticked away, Erling Haaland popped up in the 90+5th minute to rifle in an equaliser and give his side hope. Despite the late drama, City could not fashion up a chance to win the game at the Vitality Stadium and subsequently handed the title over to Arsenal . Here are five things learned from Manchester City’s draw at Bournemouth.

1. Title race over In the end, it was the draws which cost Manchester City the 2025-26 Premier League title. With just four defeats for Guardiola’s side, it has been more the inability to win matches rather than any disastrous losing streak like last season.

There are too many games to even recall which City should have won, such as Tottenham away, with this carelessness proving decisive. Congratulations to Arsenal, who showed far more consistency in the first couple of thirds this campaign. City should be proud of how they have rallied since their Manchester derby defeat in January, going domestically unbeaten for several months, but those draws have to be stamped out next year.