Manchester City winger Riyad Mahrez admits he's winning goal against Bournemouth was lucky.

A tame effort with his weak foot was enough for the Algerian to score the only goal in Saturday's valuable victory for City.

"I was lucky to be honest!" he told reporters after the match. "Sometimes when it comes to my right I just close my eyes and shoot.

"I tried to shoot across [goal] but hit the floor at the same time so it went inside the post."