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		</div><p>Bournemouth gave everything but were left needing a dramatic turnaround in their final two matches after a 2-1 defeat at Manchester City pushed them closer to relegation.</p>
<p>Eddie Howe’s side produced a spirited performance at the Etihad Stadium but first-half goals from David Silva and Gabriel Jesus undid them despite a late David Brooks reply.</p>
<p>The loss left the Cherries three points off safety having played a game more than West Ham and Watford – who face each other on Friday – above them.</p>
<p>With an inferior goal difference as well, it will now take a monumental change of fortune to extend their top-flight adventure into a sixth season.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">FULL-TIME | Stunning goals from <a href="https://twitter.com/21LVA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@21LVA</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/gabrieljesus9?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@gabrieljesus9</a> seal the points for us here at the Etihad! â½ï¸â½ï¸</p>
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<p>They may wonder what position they might have been in had they shown the same spirit they showed against City all season.</p>
<p>They had numerous chances when trailing only 1-0 and continued to push in the second half against a City side showing six changes and with one eye on their FA Cup semi-final at the weekend.</p>
<p>Bournemouth threw caution to the wind in the latter stages and will feel they deserved an equaliser but fell short.</p>
<p>Ultimately City had the quality when it mattered, the soon-to-depart veteran Silva curling in another fine free-kick and Jesus rifling in a second. The result made for a good few days for City after Monday’s victory at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.</p>
<p>The sprightly Silva certainly looked far younger than his 34 years. He was soon into the action and underlined his mastery with a fine free-kick on six minutes after he himself had been fouled by Jefferson Lerma.</p>
<p>City threatened again as Fernandinho sent a low drive wide but Bournemouth, realising their time could be almost up, rallied well.</p>
<p>Josh King went close with a shot on the turn and Dominic Solanke had an effort blocked before Junior Stanislas forced Ederson to palm onto the post with a vicious free-kick. Solanke had another chance moments later but Nicolas Otamendi denied him with a last-ditch block.</p>
<p>They were chances the hosts were to rue before the break as Silva combined with Jesus for the Brazilian to double the lead, showing great footwork before rifling a shot into the bottom corner.</p>
<p>It could have immediately got worse for Cherries when Lerma appeared to clip Jesus’ ankle in the box but neither referee Lee Mason nor the VAR intervened.</p>
<p>Bournemouth roused themselves again in the second half and thought they had hope when King turned in a Stanislas ball at the far post but the flag was raised for offside. VAR showed it was an agonisingly close decision for the visitors.</p>
<p>VAR was called upon again after Jesus was awarded a penalty following a challenge by Cook and, after several replays, overturned the decision.</p>
<p>Bournemouth dug in for one last rally and substitute Brooks gave them late hope when he turned in another good run by Callum Wilson in the 88th minute.</p>
<p>They continued to apply pressure in into injury time but City held on.</p>
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