Man City's long unbeaten league run ends with shock loss at Bournemouth

BOURNEMOUTH, England : Manchester City suffered a shock 2-1 defeat at Bournemouth on Saturday that ended their Premier League unbeaten streak at 32 games as Antoine Semenyo and Evanilson scored for the Cherries who claimed their first ever win over the visitors.

The reverse dropped City - who had not lost in the league since a 1-0 defeat by Aston Villa on Dec. 6 - to second with 23 points after 10 matches, two points behind Liverpool.

Andoni Iraola's Bournemouth climbed to eighth on 15 points.

"We knew we couldn't match the intensity," City manager Pep Guardiola told the BBC. "We've talked about it. It was an open game. We had chances at the end but I congratulate Bournemouth for the victory."

Bournemouth were rewarded for their strong start with Semenyo's ninth-minute goal. Milos Kerkez superbly worked the ball up the left side to the byline before sending a low cross to Semenyo, who turned and beat goalkeeper Ederson.

Evanilson doubled the lead in the 64th when he latched onto Kerkez's cross and slotted home.

City, who have been struggling with injuries to key players, made it a nervy finish after pulling a goal back in the 82nd minute when Josko Gvardiol leapt to meet Ilkay Gundogan's cross, his looping header pushed in off the bar by keeper Mark Travers.

That came two minutes after City's scoring machine Erling Haaland had his side's first shot on target and the visitors kept the pressure on Travers, who had had little to do up to that point, and Bournemouth's defence in the dying minutes.

Travers made a terrific save in added time to help secure Bournemouth's win when he stopped Haaland's header from close range. The striker then fired his own rebound off the post.

City have been hampered by a long list of injuries, although