 the other week of the AFC BTB Preview show. Now before we start, you may have noticed that we're not wearing Christmas jumpers. You guys had your say on Twitter and voted 51 percent that it was too early to wear them. But nevertheless both myself and Manchester commentator Chris Temple will give you everything that's been going on in the last week. Here's what's coming up. We'll be looking back at that two wonder feet to Arsenal here at Vitality Stadium. We'll also be discussing Jefferson Berma and the impact he'd had since joining in the summer. And finally, we'll be looking ahead to tomorrow's game against Manchester City Mae'n ddweud yng Nghymru o'r ddweud ystod o'r sgol. Mae'n ddweud ystod o'r ddweud, dwi'n gweithio i ddweud y gweithio i ddweud ystod o'r arsgol. Yn ystod o'r hwylo. Brwch was perfect and the pace and precision of the finish from King was spot on. One one. Wel, what a finish that was. What a break that was. Three is at the start with, make great ground. Callumdw is extremely well here to throw it down weight-free, of course, and it's a ball about Bruxy that's put the right pace on the ball so Kingie can smash it into the top corner. Is a wopby lovely ball fade inside left long side. Clastin' that just crossed. A'r bamiann ystafell yn ddweud. Arsgol yn ddefnyddio'n ddweud. A'r ddweud yn ddweud i'r bai yn cael Lassanach. Yr bamiann yna'n ddechrau'n ddweud ar y ddweud. A'r ddweud yna'r ystafell yn ddweud. A'r ddweud yn ddweud i'r ddweud. Bormeckwyr yn fawr o'r ddweud. Bormeckwyr arsgol 2. Felly mae'r ddweud. Mae'r ddweud i'r ddweud i'r ddweud. ychewis i gael all three points against Arsenal here at Vitality Stadium. If you do want to watch the extended highlights or the full 90 minutes they are available for free on AFCB TV. Chris it was a tough day at the office again wasn't it? It was but again the small margins and I think against the big teams you feel the small margins more when they fall against you. I mean the David Brooks goal I have to say it took two or three replays for the TV company to get it in the right line to show that it should have been allowed. The first look looked like it should have been offside and was rightly flagged but that's pretty early on so if that is allowed as it should have been that can be a different complexion on the afternoon. And then of course having got back in the game with that brilliant goal fantastic breakaway goal. What a finish from Joshua King the first time inside of his wrong boot absolutely smashed it. He did say actually he had been had a bit of a knock on his right ankle so he had been practising his left footed strikes and that came into fruition in the game. So having just got yourself back into the game on the stoker half time then you come out in the second half you need to try and sort of carry that momentum on and kick ask them while they're down slightly but they weren't able to do that unfortunately and the winning goal was disappointing in nature. It was a bit too easy switched off from the free kick and you know when you have those moments against the big teams they do punish you. There was a little flurry late on of course you know Jefferson Lerma hit the post a couple of other chances Leno scooped that one out from what it was looping into the corner as well. So yeah that just fell the wrong side of the small margins a bit like Manchester United you know the last minute winner and other great chances that Bournemouth had that they should have taken. So unlike Newcastle where it was just a disappointing performance I think it's certainly hard to be taken from the performance but feeling the weight of those things that can just fall either way unfortunately fell the wrong side. And you mentioned that David Brooke chance there if that goes in it's a completely different game isn't it? Well it wasn't the prettiest goal Bournemouth will score this year because it was a bit scrappy and it got stuck under his feet but it was a smart finish under the keeper and yeah that early in the game against the big teams it sets the tone doesn't it. But as you say the linesman you know up went the flag incorrectly maybe not the only decision that went against Bournemouth or has gone against Bournemouth in the last couple of weeks but that's the sometimes when the tide has just turned slightly against you. The winning runners is over and whatever then those little 50-50s start falling the wrong way unfortunately. And obviously last season we went 1-0 down to Arsenal here as well this time we did the same we came back 1-1 and again people were probably thinking well here we go again. And particularly with Arsenal's propensity to not be able to hang on to leads in the first half or they hadn't been ahead at halftime in any game this season and they were 30 seconds from being ahead this time. So that will have I guess they were arguing amongst themselves as they walked off at halftime about that. So yeah at halftime it looked like Bournemouth could go on and make it count in early in the second half but you know let's not forget Arsenal a great side with multi-million pound players in there. So to be sort of standing here disappointed again a bit like Manchester United the context is disappointed not to have got something against two of the biggest teams in world football. So that is the bigger picture I guess albeit when you lost three in a row it probably doesn't feel like that but you know that's the reality is that the performance is probably tell a different story not Newcastle but the other two tell a different story to the amount of points that have been that have been gained. And Arsenal obviously they were on such a good run coming into the game and Unai Emery has made them look like a different team hasn't he? Yeah they've been strong absolutely they're looking you know to tough task for them at the minute to hang on to the real top guns you know City of Liverpool at the top of sort of set a different standard this season. But Arsenal you know they're in the top and the man United sort of Chelsea mix for third, fourth, fifth they've got a long way to go I think before they're going to be right at the top contending for the title again which I haven't won for quite a while. But I think Gunners fans are definitely being more enthused this year than certainly what they produced in the tail end of Wenger's reign. And obviously in the dying moments of the game you mentioned Jefferson Lammer hit the post it was nearly two and two wasn't it? Oh I mean there was nothing on it was outrageous to really shoot from where he was he was miles out loads of bodies between him and the goal which actually possibly would have helped him because the goalkeeper was a bit unsighted but sometimes those are the moments you know. He just thought you know what and he probably was feeling bad having smashed in one of the own goals of the season earlier on in the game that he probably owed his team mates one and owed the fans one but he was very very close. But again when things are working out for you that bounces straight back to a ball with a player who taps it in so ambitious but nearly proved profitable. Well after the last three games Jefferson Lammer has been voted on Michael Matthews player of the month and we'll be discussing his highlights in just a moment but first here they are for you. Well there we go a player of the month award for Jefferson Lammer Chris it's been a good month for him hasn't it? I think that would be one of the more obvious player of the month awards I think I'd be surprised if he doesn't win a few more between now and the end of the season. Yeah he's been fantastic we've spoken about it many times already that what he's added to the team just something they didn't have. The things we're noticing more and more we've seen his mobility and his physicality and you know he's not one of those who goes you know hering into outrageous two footed challenges but you know he's just so mobile around the pitch. He seems to read things he always seems to pop up he's like he's popping up out the ground at times he's just there you know getting a toe in sometimes you know covering for other people. He makes mistakes himself but often you'll see he's the one chasing back to get himself out of that particular sticky spot so I will blow that he won't be playing this weekend. I guess it was a bit of a the sort of challenge that you can see he's racked up a lot of yellow cards just that sort of pull back on the halfway line against Arsenal which is an obvious yellow card all day so yeah you can see why he's racked up the amount of yellow cards he has. It's more the sort of I would say technical nigglyfows rather than the outrageous you know bone crushers but he you know how born with cope with him in this game. I have to say I'm probably talk about this more later but I'm more in the thought that it's probably not a bad game to miss him for this one because it's an uphill task anyway so it's better to have him available for a game he can possibly have more impact on. I think I'll live up all here next weekend you wouldn't want him suspended for that probably so all in all but a thoroughly deserving winner of the Michael Matthews per the month for sure. And has absolutely added a different dimension and I think he's been the key as we've said before to the successful start to the season. And it has been a tough month but he has got off the mark with his first goal for the club against Newcastle. Yeah and that was good to see it was a shame he only got to celebrate it for 30 seconds and then was off with a hamstring injury which will have been a worry when he went off because the impact he's had. Last thing you want is to see him gone for six weeks with a hamstring so the international break came at a good time for him I think. It's confusing at the minute about the international situation with him because we haven't quite worked out whether Eddie Howe and the coaching staff have sort of requested that he's not picked by Columbia to go travelling around the world when he's just settled into life over here or whether he's just fallen off the end of the Columbia squad at the moment because he hasn't made the cut in their last couple. So that's an answer we haven't managed to get yet but I think it's probably a good thing for Bournemouth that he's not jetting off to far-flung places in south and central America to play in friendlies and things like that. So from that point of view nice for him to get up and running goals are not going to be an important part of his game in terms of what Bournemouth need from him but if he is going to pop up and he was a good header by the way and you cuss it was a great header then a few more of those pot shots from 30 yards that's probably the more likely times we'll see him scoring I think. And so far this season he's just getting better and better and better we've got a big run of fixtures coming up that's really important that he's in fine form for that isn't it? And I think the other central midfielders will profit from him as well because he just adds that bit of insurance doesn't he? A little bit of you know as I say he pops up out of the ground at times and you know someone like Lewis Kirk or Dan Gosling or Andrew Sermon if he plays you know those guys they know that if they need a bit of help then he can be there to bail them out and he can probably get around a pitch a bit better than with all due respect to Andrew Sermon people like that these days saying that of course he'll make mistakes as well and he'll need his partners to get him out of trouble at times as well but yeah he's sort of it's Lerma plus one now isn't it in the central midfield, Lewis Kirk had the shirt, Dan Gosling had it back, Dan Gosling's an injury down for this weekend so with Lerma suspended central midfield is looking a bit of a worry away at City which I think it would be a worry if he had just strongest midfield at City let alone sort of scrapping around to find a couple so we'll see how that pans out. And we've got some experienced players in central midfield as you say that's really important isn't it for the likes of when Jefferson misses these games? Very important yeah you need to squad and of course you know December 8 games including the league cup as well so Eddie I'm sure will be wanting to sort of freshen it up a couple of times because we're getting to the stage of the season now where a lot of players have played a lot of games. I know there have been international breaks and things and you know the likes of David Brooks and people have been away playing every game so I think we will start to see it mixed around and this is where you'll see people like Jordan and I get more of a chance. You'll see other players who have struggled for match minutes be needed and I think Jefferson Lerma is probably going to find himself playing most games I don't think he's going to be rotated too much but yeah he's a key part of it. Well next up for the cherries is a trip to the Etihad stadium to face Manchester City let's look back at one of our finest goals against Pep Guardiola side. Gosling again and Charlie Daniels. Well a fine strike from Charlie Daniels there Chris it's certainly going to be an uphill task tomorrow as you said would you say it's the toughest game this season so far? I would say it's one of the toughest games in world football at the moment let alone the toughest game this season. I think City are setting a new bar for the Premier League it's very difficult to win the Premier League two seasons in a row I mean there's a long way to go but you know if anybody's having a five run in a minute I would say it's looking like it's going to be City again. Yeah that Charlie Daniels goal by the way I mean that's one of the high points and that's again we talk about small margins against the big teams Raheem Sterling you know 95th minute or whatever it was I know you've got to stand off which gave the cherries fans a little bit of pleasure at the end but that Charlie Daniels goal is one of only two goals Bournemouth have managed to score against Manchester City in the Premier League era. Glenn Murray was the other one for a little quiz question for you but when you look at the scores on paper away at City 5-1 4-0 4-0. I just said to really this morning when you look at those scores on paper how do you give the players belief when you go into a place like this with City playing the way they have been. You know they've conceded what is it four goals in the whole season I think in the Premier League so the one thing I will say is last year it was 2-0 until about what 15, 10, 15 minutes to go. Cherries still on a couple of attacking subs and tried to get something from the game and ended up losing 4-0 so that was probably a slightly falsely decorated score line but yeah go in there you did absolutely everything to go your way. I mean City to have a bad day. I mean Leon gave them one or two problems in midweek in the Champions League you know that City had to battle back and get a draw in that game. I know they made a couple of changes but you do need a team of that quality to not be firing on all cylinders. Bournemouth could play out of their skin but if City play out of their skin Bournemouth will lose. So that's the reality of it unfortunately so fans have to set the bar at the right level I think this weekend. The problem is that this is where the Newcastle defeat comes back a little bit to haunt them because all of a sudden you go and they're having lost three in a row. If you've got something at a Newcastle then all of a sudden you know it doesn't you know because in all probability Bournemouth are big outsiders this weekend they could quite easily be four losses in a row going into Huddersfield. Huddersfield have been playing pretty well all of a sudden for the last couple of weeks then it's Liverpool next weekend so this is a tough little trot so you've got to pick up bits and bobs where you can. But getting back on topic I notice you've given me the Manchester City microphone today by the way as well. I would say it's the toughest test probably in world football at the moment anyhow I likened it to go into Barcelona that's what the cherries are up against this weekend. And you mentioned the Lyon game for Manchester City in the week. Will they be at all fatigue from that going into the game? Well it was Tuesday wasn't it so the players these days I wouldn't have thought so. Of course Bournemouth will be better rested but I think the professionals recover a lot better these days so yeah and it wasn't too far to travel. It wasn't like Arsenal who had to go to Ukraine having been here so I think from that point of view I think maybe they might be slightly bruised because not many teams have stopped Manchester City this season but Lyon have stopped them twice. Lyon the only team to go to City and win this season. The only Premier League games that haven't won City have been away at Wolves and away at Liverpool so at home they've been rampant. They've scored six a couple of times, put six past at Hampton a couple of weeks ago. I think they've scored five twice as well at home so from that point of view yeah I'm trying to find some positives. And this is normally the part of the show where we look out for the other teams' danger men but they're dotted all over the pitch this week aren't they? Quicker to talk about who not to look out for. Yeah I mean Aguero Premier League top scorer. I mean Sterling's the man who you know we talked about Lukaku before when Bournemouth have played United about always having a good game against Bournemouth. Raheem Sterling has scored in five Premier League games in a row against Bournemouth for City. He also scored a couple for Liverpool in his days there as well so he's been a slippery eel for the cherries to get hold of. He played in Central Midfield actually in the Champions League in midweek so it'd be interesting to see if Pep Guardiola maintains that because they've got some injury problems in Central Midfield like Bournemouth have as well. So from that point of view we'll see where Sterling plays but Aguero Sterling, David Silver's scored I think in three consecutive games as well. You're looking at their big players you know Mahrez he's probably one of the lesser players in inverted commas and he was what 50 million pounds in January. Even people like Carl Walker you know they're just unbelievable players. Le Porto they brought in the back end of last season who again is inks his place in the team as well. So they're all over the pitch you're looking at quality they've got a goalkeeper who's very hard to get past as well. But those players can't have a great day every day of the season so if we're looking for some chinks let's hope that Aguero is a bit tired. And another positive of course is that Kevin De Bruyne is going to miss the game as he's been to Mimendi so that's something positive looking at the game. Yeah the problem is when you've got a squad like City you lose a couple of players like that you've got some 50 million pound players to bring in in response. But yeah Kevin De Bruyne I mean he's another one who's often makes the game look so easy and has absolutely run the show in Bournemouth City fixtures in the past. So yeah it's a shame for him but he's going to be another four or six weeks I think. Benjamin Mendes you know what a powerful player he is down the left hand side. So again great to see him not in the team if you like but you know they've got very capable replacements even great players that can't even get in the team. So from that point of view two big players missing but two big ones will come in and replace them. And of course the cherry's got some injury concerns of their rowing Adam Smith obviously going to be out and Eddie mentioned Dan Gosling as well. Yeah Dan Gosling's not looking too good. I think he hasn't trained this week as he said so he picked up a knock on his knee in the Arsenal game which again it never rains it pours does it with Lerma suspended and all of a sudden Dan Gosling could be out. So maybe by default it could be a Lewis Cook sermon midfield. If I was a betting man having seen Dan Gosling this morning I would say possibly that may be how it's looking at the moment. Eddie Hale also mentioned another couple of niggles knocking around the squad but didn't want to necessarily say what they were. So yeah interesting to see which way they go. They've gone three at the back away from home in big games before. Eddie said he's been trying to concentrate as much on what they do rather than what city's dangers are which you can sometimes overload the players and frighten the players with this is how good they are by the way. Here's a million power points about it. So from that point of view we'll wait and see which way he goes. But I think they have to go with a certain element of their normal attacking game. It might be basketball style it might end up 6-3 who knows. But if Bournemouth can function away from home as they have done this season in some games if they can get that fluidity going I think having Joshua King available for this game having come through last week with no problems is big. Because his physicality he's just being able to hold the ball up giving the cherries an outlet not being so reliant on Callan Wilson to have to do all the chasing up front to all the physical workload. I think having King as an extra pair of hands if you like. I think that is very important just to take a bit of sting out of city sometimes be able to have a bit of possession. I think Bournemouth had 21% of possession up there last year so they may not spend a lot of time with the ball. So when they have got the ball they've got to make sure they use it effectively. So it's certainly going to be a very tough test. If you are going to Manchester City this weekend have a very safe journey. We'll be back on Monday to preview the game against Huddersfield Town here at Vitality Stadium. Thanks for joining us.