Pep Guardiola continued to maintain his one hundred percent start in the Premier League as Manchester City demolished Bournemouth. The Cherries never took charge of the game and ended up losing 4-0.
Kevin De Bruyne continued to impress for City as he scored his second goal in as many games. Ilkay Gundogan, Raheem Sterling and Kelechi Iheanacho also found the back of the net for the hosts.
Here’s how the game played out on social media:
Pep Guardiola is the first Manchester City manager ever to win his first 8 games. ?
Goals: 25
Goals conceded: 4 pic.twitter.com/G4zkuyIzCW— Footy Jokes (@Footy_Jokes) September 17, 2016
Pep Guardiola’s Man City start eclipses his early records at Barcelona and Bayern Munich: https://t.co/Q3QVllybC5 pic.twitter.com/f1eiQbbOjs
— Sky Football ⚽️ (@SkyFootball) September 17, 2016
Pep Guardiola is the Alex Ferguson Man United cldn’t sign. #MUFC #MCFC
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— Official_MaRçel_Jnr. (@ThaGods_Son) September 17, 2016
Pep Guardiola holds a 100% win record as a #mcfc manager.Many said he cannot replicate his #FCB performance in… https://t.co/lfeFHTKNJR
— Acostik Dot Sport (@AcostikDotSport) September 17, 2016
There were individual errors again today, but how to you play against a Pep Guardiola side like that? annihilated everyone they’ve played.
— Adrian (@AyJayL) September 17, 2016
CLASS: Fan footage of De Bruyne’s free-kick…pic.twitter.com/fVYUbTQ9MU
— BenchWarmers (@BeWarmers) September 17, 2016
So @bbc606 city brilliant ! Is de bruyne the best player in premier league at the min ? Where are the klopp … https://t.co/kTWrldbkYZ
— Robbie Savage (@RobbieSavage8) September 17, 2016
Kevin De Bruyne’s game by numbers vs. Bournemouth:
86% pass acc.
4 shots
3 chances created
1 assist
1 goal pic.twitter.com/QW1vmberAN— Squawka Football (@Squawka) September 17, 2016
Kevin De Bruyne at #mcfc
⏱48 games
⏲3710 min
⚽️18 goals
?16 assists
Directly involved: every 109 mins/ in 38% of ⚽️ when he was on the pitch— Kristof Terreur ? (@HLNinEngeland) September 17, 2016
Raheem Sterling too was praised for another stellar performance:
? Sterling sets off on an incredible mazy run – but his effort hits the post. An assist and a goal for him today ? pic.twitter.com/EmvnqrT7XA
— Premier League (@premierleague) September 17, 2016
Amazing how Pep has transformed Sterling.
— 8 Troll Football (@8TrollFootball) September 17, 2016
Guardiola has turned Sterling into Messi….well almost.
— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) September 17, 2016
What is Guardiola feeding Raheem Sterling? Dazzling run, won ball back on flank, surged through five players, shot saved. Still 3-0
— James Ducker (@TelegraphDucker) September 17, 2016
Ridiculous run from Sterling. Won the ball on the touchline and beats five players before hitting the post.
— Sam Lee (@Sammy_Goal) September 17, 2016
Raheem Sterling – 3 goals, 5 assists in last 6 matches for #MCFC… ? (stat via @WhoScored) pic.twitter.com/T7EQk4JhCc
— Eurosport UK (@Eurosport_UK) September 17, 2016