Pep Guardiola admitted Manchester City “couldn’t handle” Bournemouth as his injury-hit side lost 2-1 at the Vitality Stadium to see their unbeaten run in the Premier League ended after 32 games.

The champions were without key players, and in the absence of John Stones and Ruben Dias fielded a makeshift defence into which Bournemouth ripped with a fearless attacking display, capped by goals from Antoine Semenyo and Evanilson to beat City in the league for the first time.

“They had chances, we created as well at the end too, but we could not win any balls from the wingers,” Pep Guardiola said after Manchester City were beaten by Bournemouth.

“They were difficult to play in the first half. We knew how they would play. It was well-deserved. The guys gave everything because after nine years together they always will.”

On whether players were playing with injuries: “Kyle [Walker], 16 days didn’t train with us until yesterday. Nathan [Ake] made an incredible effort, it’s not just about that [injuries].”

On how proud he is to have gone almost a year without losing in the Premier League: “We would like to keep defending it but how many games and months we did it… it’s great.

“We have another game in two days in Portugal and we have to go again,” Guardiola said.

Club record run of 32 straight Premier League games without a loss came to an end as Bournemouth’s defeated City 2-1. It was nearly a year long.