Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Bournemouth vs. Manchester City. We’ll bring you team news and build-up over the next hour, followed by full text commentary.

Samir Nasri replaced Silva, sporting a brave new hairstyle. How best to describe it...?

Howe strolls the touch-line looking pensive. This has been the sort of Premier League afternoon that he'd have been fearing when Bournemouth got promoted last year.

A through-ball is slightly too strong for Aguero, but the Argentine is eyeing goals before his inevitable substitution later in the half.

Aguero truly is a remarkable footballer. His energy and work-rate today has been outstanding - combine that with his natural talent and it's little wonder he's so consistently match-winning when he's fit.

Aguero plucks a pass out of mid-air and then wrestles off the attentions of his marker. He hands the ball over to Kolarov to try and make use of the support, but the sub loses it with his first touch.

City are still throwing numbers forward and looking for a fourth, but it's not proving quite as straightforward to break down the Bournemouth defence as it did during that purple patch earlier in the game.

Boruc flaps horribly at a free-kick and is very fortunate to see the ball slide off his fist and drift behind for another corner.

De Bruyne's return from injury has been spectacular, but Pellegrini takes advantage of the score-line to give his returning star some protection. On comes Kolarov to replace him.

Clichy bizarrely lingers on the ball in the box and almost gifts Bournemouth a golden opportunity. The travelling fans scream at the full-back to focus... and they have a point.

Bournemouth look more solid since their half-time change, but they will need to be more than solid if they have any hopes of rescuing something from the game.

The performance of Fernandinho in particular should not be ignored. He's been quietly excellent in midfield, linking everything together nicely.

City have carried on where they left off, playing with intensity in midfield and looking to feed the front-three as quickly as possible.

Bournemouth made a change at the break, with Pugh replacing King to add a fifth body to midfield. Something about a horse and the stable door comes to mind.

De Bruyne stings the palms of Boruc within seconds of the restart. No sign of City letting up then...

Bournemouth get the game back underway at the Vitality.