Man City Thrash Bournemouth 6 – 1

Jeremy Doku scored one goal and was instrumental in four more as Manchester City made light of Erling Haaland’s injury to record their biggest win of the season against struggling Bournemouth and go top of the Premier League.

Bernardo Silva twice profited from inspired passes from the Belgium international, who is vying with Jack Grealish for City’s left-sided attacking berth. Phil Foden was also on target before Nathan Ake’s 88th-minute diving header.

Doku, a £55.4m summer signing from Rennes, was too much for Andoni Iraola’s side, scoring the first of three goals in seven minutes after Bournemouth had kept their opponents at bay for half an hour.