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Follow live coverage as AFC Bournemouth face Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League today.
Manchester City are reigning champions after beating Liverpool to the finish line in a neck-and-neck 2021/22 title race where a comeback win on the final day of the season against Aston Villa secured a fourth title in five years for Pep Guardiola’s side.
Jurgen Klopp’s Reds were on course for a quadruple last season but were forced to settle for just an FA Cup and Carabao Cup win and will return trying to win the title again just as they did in 2020.
It was a dramatic season for Chelsea a year ago with Roman Abramovich now replaced by Todd Boehly as owner in west London. He will want an instant return on his hefty investment at Stamford Bridge while Tottenham, back in the Champions League, will want to kick on once more too.
It’s not all about the action at the top though with Fulham, Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest promoted to the top tier for 2021/22 and hoping to hold their own against the best English football has to offer and avoid the drop.
We will bring you all the action and updates from today’s game in the live blog below:
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CLOSE! Guedes sweeps the ball out to the right and Pedro Neto does brilliantly to cut back inside, weaving his way past four Bournemouth defenders. He hits the shot from the edge of the box, but it flies wide of the near post.
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CHANCE! Semedo takes it around Zemura before clipping a good cross into the middle of the box. Jimenez rises highest to meet it and although it looked like it was heading over, Neto helps it onto the roof of the net.
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It’s patient play from Wolves as they continue to work it out from the back and break Bournemouth down. The hosts are keeping their shape well though and making it difficult for them.
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Bournemouth have lost just one of their five home league games against Wolves (W2 D2), though it was their last such meeting in November 2019 (1-2).
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It’s better from Bournemouth here as Christie drives through the middle before touching it through to Solanke. The pass forces him wide and Sa rushes out to close him down and smother the cross.
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OFF THE BAR! Moutinho goes for the big switch out to Pedro Neto and he cushions down a header to Nunes. He lets it bounce before hitting the shot on the volley and it beats the keeper before smacking off the bar.
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It’s not a great pass out from Kelly and Neves cuts it out. He touches it through to Pedro Neto, with Kelly unable to stop the switch as well. Bournemouth flood back in numbers though, and he can’t swing in a cross.
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It’s a good run from Smith down the right and he pulls it back to Zemura on the edge of the box. Moutinho clumsily rushes in and the defender goes down after little contact, with the free-kick going against the hosts.