Hello and welcome to our live text coverage of Manchester City v Bournemouth at the Etihad.

So Manchester City open a 14-point gap at the top of the Premier League with their 17th straight victory.

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Oh, and Merry Christmas!

As it stands, Bournemouth will drop into the bottom three.

There will be a minimum of three minutes added on. Time for Aguero's hat-trick, perhaps?

City award their man of the match to Aguero - and deservedly so. The Argentine has been fantastic, his movement and finishing simply too hot for the visitors to handle.

Bournemouth finally register a shot at goal in the second half, but Gosling's effort is deflected over. The Cherries are on course to lose their second consecutive match by a 4-0 score-line.

It is now 101 goals.

A goal for the substitute Danilo who nets his first for the club. The Brazilian latches onto Sterling's perfect-weighted pass and slides the ball beyond Begovic into the bottom corner at his near post.

And here is Aguero's chance for the hat-trick. He is released on the left side of the box, stalls and tries to cut back onto his right foot but Ake makes the tackle.

So much for Aguero being unsettled, like some newspaper reports suggested this week. The Argentine looks extremely content out there and is searching for his hat-trick.

Danilo replaces Delph, who receives a hug from his boss.

And there it is, right on cue! Fernandinho holds the ball inside the box before feeding Bernardo Silva on the channel. He swings a cross into the path of Aguero who peels away from his marker and heads home his second of the game.

City are searching for a third, which would be their 100th goal in the Premier League of 2017.

Silva has the ball on the edge of the box, he goes for goal but his curled effort is well over the bar.

It is a little bizarre that Bournemouth, who are in great need of a goal, have brought on Afobe, a striker who hasn't scored in 14 games.

Pep clearly has the busy holiday programme in mind and he allows De Bruyne a rest. The Belgian is replaced by Ilkay Gundogan for the final 17 minutes.

Bournemouth make a double change: Benik Afobe is on for Wilson and Lys Mousset takes the place of Simpson.

Silva dances his way to the by-line but his cut-back is hacked clear by the Bournemouth defence.

Pass, pass, pass. Bournemouth are chasing shadows at the moment. City are waiting for the moment a space opens up in their defence.

Sane is only one yellow card from a suspension, so probably wise to take him off.

Walker is flagged offside as City's attack collapses. Now Pep will make his first change of the game, with Bernardo Silva replacing Sane.