--- source: thedugout.football generated: 2026-08-24T04:08:51.628Z last_updated: 2026-08-23T15:55:00+00:00 data_provider: API-Football canonical: https://thedugout.football/clubs/bournemouth/news/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYm91cm5lbW91dGhlY2hvLmNvLnVrL3Nwb3J0LzI2NDg4MzMxLm1hcmNvLXJvc2UtLS1hZmMtYm91cm5lbW91dGgtdG9vLXBhc3NpdmUtZGVmZW5jZS1tYW4tY2l0eS8_cmVmPXJzcw --- # Cherries - **Source:** - **Published:** 23 Aug - **Club:** Bournemouth - **Original URL:** https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/sport/26488331.marco-rose---afc-bournemouth-too-passive-defence-man-city/?ref=rss Bournemouth led 1-0 thanks to a first-half Marcus Tavernier strike, and held that advantage until the 84th minute, when Marc Guehi scored with a free header from a corner. City then took the lead when Josko Gvardiol was slid through by Rayan Cherki and he finished well into the bottom corner as the game entered added time. Cherries suffer late heartbreak to start Rose reign with opening defeat at Man City It was a frustrating end to a game where Bournemouth had had an element of control, and they looked set to return to Dorset with their first positive result from the Etihad Stadium. The hosts saw plenty of the ball throughout the game but particularly in the second half as Bournemouth seemed happy to sit deeper. (Image: Nick Potts/PA Wire) Asked about the approach in the second half, Rose told the Daily Echo: “I would say if we did not concede the corner kick goal and we would come closer to 90 minutes. “It was getting harder. My feeling was that we really had the momentum in the second half. “They started to play some long balls. They made some simple mistakes. The game became more open, even though they were still dominant. “And of course, they have a lot of quality. “But I had the feeling that the momentum really came to our side. But a game lasts not 80 minutes, it lasts 90 minutes. And that's what we have to learn. “We need to defend this corner kick better and the second goal was just too passive. “Before, we always tried to push up. Of course, we want to defend higher and more active, but here you need to find the right triggers to get the right moments. “It's hard to press and we did it really well for a long time, but at the end we were too passive.” (Image: Nick Potts/PA Wire) Overall, Rose was left frustrated by the result as he knew the team was in a good position to get a first point at the Etihad, and end his personal run of defeats away at City. “I'm a competitor,” he said. “We are competitors. We came here for the tenth time. That's what we spoke about before, to win the first time and we were on a good way to do it. “We did, really, many good things. “We have a lot of things to improve, but at the end, how the game went, it was quite unlucky to lose the game that way. “We had two situations, one corner kick and one attacking where we defended too passive and that's why we lost the game.”