Manchester City plans to take the lead of the English Premier League against Bournemouth

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – Manchester City are looking to temporarily grab the top of the Premier League standings when they face Bournemouth at 5 pm of the first team on the 29th day of Premiership.

Liverpool, who meet Everton on Sunday at Goodison Park, leads the standings with 69 points, one ahead of Manchester City, while Bournemouth ranks 12th with 34 points.

Manchester City has the opportunity to win its fifth consecutive victory and temporarily take the Liverpool lead thanks to the formidable offensive power of the team that has scored 75 goals in the competition so far.

While Bournemouth tries to stop the loss of points and get rid of the curse of Chelsea, the team did not taste the taste of winning the competition after beating the "Blues" to four in round 24.

Manchester City should miss the match for Fernandinho and Emeric Laporte for injury.

MANCHESTER (Reuters) – Manchester City has the wind in its sails after winning the English League Cup for the sixth time in its history after defeating Chelsea in a penalty shoot-out at Wembley last Sunday before beat West Ham United 1-0.