Bournemouth vs Manchester City LIVE – stream, latest score and goal updates from the Premier League
Follow all the latest updates as the champions visit the south coast
Follow the latest updates from the Premier League live as Manchester City travel to Bournemouth.
Pep Guardiola’s resources are depleted with Fernandinho and Aymeric Laporte both out injured, while Sergio Aguero has complained of exhaustion, but Gabriel Jesus and John Stones are both back and fully fit.
Bournemouth are struggling for form after such an impressive first half of the season, so a shock win against the champions would be a timely boost. Follow it live:
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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has a clear target in mind for his team - usurping perhaps his only rival for the long-term managerial post at Old Trafford:
Oleksandr Zinchenko continues at left-back for Pep Guardiola's Manchester City this afternoon, with Benjamin Mendy a continued absentee.
The Spaniard has admitted he is concerned with the Frenchman's injury record.
All smiles on arrival. Manchester United can move back into the top-four with a win.
15 minutes until kick-off in our five 3pm games...
Carabao Cup in the bag, Pep Guardiola is in position early as his team look to return to the top of the table with Liverpool in Merseyside derby action tomorrow.
Final instructions given, handshakes exchanged, Premier League anthem digested.
It's time...
As the clock ticks past three, kick-off across the country.
1 minutes
Two five-at-the-back formations for Manchester United and Manchester City to deal with this afternoon, both Southampton and Bournemouth set up to frustrate.
Manchester United 0-0 Southampton, 2 minutes
Top save from Angus Gunn!
The Southampton stopper gets down low to his left and just about gets fingertips to a Romelu Lukaku effort, turning it past the post.
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