Manchester City drew 1-1 at Bournemouth as Arsenal were crowned Premier League champions with a game to spare.
Junior Kroupi of AFC Bournemouth celebrates scoring his team's first goal as Gianluigi Donnarumma of Manchester City appears dejected
Manchester City's Premier League title hopes were extinguished at Bournemouth
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Manchester City drew 1-1 at Bournemouth as Arsenal were crowned Premier League champions with a game to spare. Pep Guardiola's side knew that nothing but a win would do on the south coast but they fell behind to a goal from Junior Kroupi towards the end of the first half.
Nico O'Reilly nearly levelled soon after the restart and Guardiola piled on the attackers to try to get City back into the game. At the other end, Gianluigi Donnarumma did well to keep the Blues in the game as Bournemouth countered and posed a threat.
City scored a 94th-minute equaliser through Erling Haaland but were unable to get a late winner in what could be Guardiola's final away game in English football. They will finish in second place in the league and conclude their season at home to Aston Villa.
Here are the player ratings from the Manchester Evening News.
Donnarumma: Made a number of good saves in the second half to keep City in the game, although a mixed performance from set-pieces. 7
Nunes: Couldn't stop the cross for the Bournemouth goal 6
Khusanov: Didn't get out to Kroupi for the goal and has taken on Walker's old role of shooting from sight without going close, but otherwise fine. 6
Guehi: Had plenty of physical battles with Evanilson and did well to come out on top in most of them. 6
O'Reilly: Full of energy all night but struggled to find the usual relationship with Doku as he was used more centrally often. 6
Silva: Dropped well into the backline to help City get out against an energetic Bournemouth, sacrificed in the comeback effort. 7
Rodri: Still not at his best but doesn't need to be to be one of the better City players on the pitch. 7
Kovacic: Provided some much-needed calm early on, lost his way after that, and then recovered to push City onto the front foot. 6
Semenyo: His touch and decision-making in the final third was poor in the first half, although he did better just after the break. 5
Doku: Found himself with at least two markers most of the time but still found a way to be dangerous. 6
Haaland: Unlucky to be flagged offside when it looked very tight and nearly slipped O'Reilly in but couldn't find a chance himself. 6
Substitutes
Cherki (for Silva, 56) Some nice runs as he came closer than most to engineering a goal back. 6
Foden (for Kovacic, 56) Took his time to settle and didn't keep the ball well enough. 5
Savinho (for Semenyo, 56) Outmuscled when he pushed forward and lost the ball attempting flicks. Not the man for the circumstances. 4
Marmoush (for Doku, 76) Tried his best to get into the game but Bournemouth blocked everything in the box. 6
Not used: Trafford, Stones, Dias, Gvardiol, Reijnders