City arrived at the Vitality Stadium with rumours swirling concerning Pep Guardiola's future with the club, and if he is to depart at the end of this week, he will do so after failing to win the English top-flight in back-to-back seasons for the first time.

Guardiola's team started positively enough, with Jeremy Doku testing Djordje Petrovic and Antoine Semenyo having a goal disallowed for offside.

But a glaring Evanilson miss was a warning that the visitor did not heed, and it fell behind six minutes before half-time as Junior Kroupi took in a cutback from Adrien Truffert before curling a wonderful effort into the top-right corner.

Nico O'Reilly failed to beat Petrovic after a driving run from Erling Haaland early in the second half, then Bournemouth missed a trio of quickfire chances to make it 2-0.

Evanilson worked Gianluigi Donnarumma and teed up Kroupi for a wayward effort, while Rayan struck the outside of the post on the swivel.

Substitute David Brooks also hit the upright after breaking through one-v-one, as did Rodri for City, with Haaland lashing against the woodwork and in from the rebound of that latter chance in the fifth minute of stoppage time.

There was no time for City to score a famous winner and take the title race to the final day, with the celebrations beginning at Emirates Stadium.

Bournemouth, meanwhile, has qualified for Europe for the first time in its history.

The Cherries are not yet sure of which competition they will be playing in. They sit three points behind Liverpool, and could still qualify for the Champions League by a sixth-place finish, too, albeit that would rely on Aston Villa winning the Europa League.