Man City edge Bournemouth, close in on Liverpool

Manchester City edged past Bournemouth 1-0 on Saturday to close the gap on leaders Liverpool to one point.

City were again far from their flowing best but, just like in a 1-0 victory over Brentford in midweek, did enough to keep their title challenge on track.

The in-form Phil Foden scored the only goal at the Vitality Stadium as the England international stroked into an empty net for his 16th goal of the season after Neto parried Erling Haaland’s initial effort.

At the other end, Ederson was required to save City from dropping two costly points when he kept out Dominic Solanke’s header on the line by the finest of margins.

And former City forward Enes Unal was inches away from an equaliser when his header shaved the post in stoppage time.