Man City response to Kyle Walker anger does Premier League a favour

"Can we play you every week?"

Manchester City are almost never subjected to such a chant, but you could forgive Bournemouth fans for being giddy as they celebrated a win over the Premier League champions. On this evidence, Andoni Iraola's side will have to form a queue.

The unbeaten run for Pep Guardiola and his men went in midweek to Spurs in the cup and here was a first league defeat of the season to hammer home how much the Blues are struggling. If anyone was tempted to declare the title race over after Arsenal's lunchtime defeat to Newcastle, City never looked like giving any merit to that particular point despite a Josko Gvardiol consolation as they went down 2-1.

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It was a sloppy performance from City that got exactly what it deserved, with the home team not necessarily wanting it more but running harder for it - again something you do not normally associate with a Guardiola side. On the touchline, the manager expressed some frustration but even he was restrained in reflection of how much the team are struggling at the minute.

Guardiola has grown increasingly frustrated with an injury list that still shows little signs of improving. City's manager has this week stressed the need for his stars to play through the pain, yet even as Kyle Walker, Kevin De Bruyne and Jeremy Doku returned to the squad for Bournemouth, John Stones and Ruben Dias added to the absentees.

There is not much to be done though; City are not the first team to have injuries and it is exacerbated because they deliberately have a small squad because that is what Guardiola prefers. A report published recently showed the players to have averaged