Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe was proud of his players in defeat to Manchester City.

Riyad Mahrez came off the bench to score a second-half winner.

Howe reflected: "We were pleased, overall, with how we defended. We had to answer a few questions from Wednesday against Arsenal. We pride ourselves on being organised and giving everything to every match without allowing our standards to drop.

"We gave everything today and our young back three did really well considering their ages and lack of experience. They produced some good performances individually and collectively that kept us in the game.

"The disappointment for me is that their goal is probably the ugliest goal they've scored this season. That's what cost us the game.

"Their technical level is so high. We were waiting for mistakes, for them to force passes and get frustrated and they didn't. They kept doing the right, simple things, which meant that our chances to attack in the game were limited."