Man City v Bournemouth LIVE! Doku masterclass inspires dominant win for Premier League champions

Jeremy Doku scored and had a hand in four others as Manchester City romped to a 6-1 victory over Bournemouth which sends them top of the table.

The electric Belgian winger played a one-two with Rodri on the half-hour mark before striking home for the opener. Soon afterwards, he set up Bernardo Silva for his first of two goals drawing a defender then picking out a pass for the Portuguese star to slide home.

A third arrived eight minutes before the break when Doku's effort was deflected into the Bournemouth net by Manuel Akanji.

A fourth arrived just after the hour mark when Doku found Phil Foden in the box and he drove home, before the Cherries had a period of dominance rewarded by Luis Sinisterra netting 16 minutes before the break.

As Bournemouth looked for more goals they were caught on the break as Doku sent a long ball forward for Bernardo Silva and he beautifully dinked a finish over Andrei Radu.

A sixth came from former Cherry Nathan Ake when he dived to head home Oscar Bobb's cross.

City go a point clear of Tottenham ahead of Ange Postecoglou's side's clash with Chelsea on Monday.

This time for Kovacic who sees his effort denied by Radu.

They have a sixth. This time the assist goes to substitute Bobb who drove a ball across the area which former Cherry Ake netted with a chin-burning diving header.

SILVA REPLACED BY BOBB

If you're going to have a last touch in a game it might as well be that one.

As Bournemouth pushed forward, a long ball from Doku put Bernardo Silva through on goal and he beat Kelly before dinking beautifuly over the Bournemouth stopper.

City have switched off here and he made a key challenge as Sinisterra raced towards a loose ball in the area.

It would have been cruel to deny them there.

Aarons gets behind the City defence on the right and he puts across a perfect low cross which Sinisterra takes time to control and turn inside Walker before driving home.

Semenyo comes on for Billing.

A chance for the former Wolves man in attack.

Stones comes off for Lewis.

It is one of those situations where both sides would be happy to call the game quits at this point.

Once more Doku is the source. He runs into the box, draws a defender and then slots a ball inside to Foden, who played the original ball wide for the Belgian, and he slots a shot low into the net.

He fires an effort from the edge of the box which had Ederson beaten but comes back off the bar.

But this time he is stopped by a sliding challenge from Zabarnyi.

First time round his cross is blocked by Akanji and then Kerkez can't get a contact on his cross to the back post, receiving a little nudge from Walker.