Leicester City signed off their relegation campaign with a defeat in what could be Ruud van Nistelrooy’s final match in charge. City were beaten by Bournemouth on the south coast after

Antoine Semenyo twice broke Jakub Stolarczyk’s superb resistance late on, the Polish keeper in fine form for 75 minutes to stop the Cherries from making their dominance count. With Ipswich

defeated by West Ham, City defended 18th spot and will claim an extra £3m in prize money, but it’s scant consolation for a campaign in which the club recorded their lowest points total in

the Premier League era. There will be a host of changes over the summer, potentially in the dugout too, with van Nistelrooy’s position under threat amid a lack of talks with the hierarchy

from the left where City created the game’s first good chance. Luke Thomas swung in a wicked cross that bounced around the box before dropping to Skipp, who sliced his finish when well

placed. Within a minute, Evanilson pulled a shot wide for the hosts and from there the Cherries began to dominate. City, unable to put three passes together, didn’t help their own cause. But

they went in at the break goalless thanks to Stolarczyk. The Pole got his positioning just right to beat away David Brooks’ back-post volley, Marcus Tavernier’s long-range effort and

Brooks’ snap shot and keep the hosts out. His best first-half moment perhaps came after he spilled a free-kick, bravely diving at Evanilson’s feet to save the rebound from two yards out. It

was blown for offside, but may have counted after a VAR check. In a rare foray forward, City themselves scored an offside goal, Skipp turning in Kasey McAteer’s cross, but with the winger

clearly beyond the last defender in the build-up. Stolarczyk’s fine form continued into the second half. When Bournemouth took a short free-kick and Tavernier struck from the corner of the

box, he must have thought he would find the top corner. But Stolarczyk produced a superb fingertip stop to turn it around the post. Substitute Daniel Jebbison had the ball in the net just

after the hour, but it was deemed the ball curved out of play before he tapped in. Then, with 15 minutes to go, Stolarczyk’s resistance was finally broken. A lofted cross was headed down by

Illia Zabarnyi, with Semenyo in the right place to scuff in the finish. There was no fortune with his second goal though, the Ghanaian drilling in from 20 yards to secure three points for

the hosts and ensure City’s campaign ended with a loss. Here’s how we scored the players. JAKUB STOLARCZYK: A superb showing with his gloves. He made a series of strong stops, most notably

diving bravely at the feet of Evanilson to deny him from two yards out, and then brilliantly tipping Tavernier’s rocket past the post. With his feet, he was poor. 8 JAMES JUSTIN: Struggled

to stop Bournemouth advancing down his flank in the early stages, but he improved and became more aggressive in his defending, and that pushed the Cherries back. He also put in an excellent

sliding challenge on Evanilson that he had to get right. 7 WOUT FAES: He defended the box really well for most of the game, with Bournemouth piling the pressure on. He was bailed out by

Justin when he missed a header to let Evanilson through though. 7 CONOR COADY: He perhaps didn’t do as much defending in the box as Faes but he was still solid, if susceptible to balls over

the top and in behind, sometimes letting Evanilson get free too easily. 6 LUKE THOMAS: He pressed really aggressively and effectively early on, but then picked up a silly yellow card and so

had to tone it down. He put it one wicked cross, but his delivery was poor thereafter, while he lost the ball near his own box in one poor moment. 5 BOUBAKARY SOUMARE: In the first half, he

wasn’t really involved, which shouldn’t happen for a central midfielder. He passed without conviction too. He livened up when Ricardo came to play next to him, but it was too late. 4 OLIVER

SKIPP: He started the game with a scuffed pass and scuffed shot and in general lacked the quality required. But he did at least show for the ball, get involved, and support the attack by

getting into the box when he could. 5 KASEY MCATEER: He couldn’t keep tabs on Kerkez early on, and Bournemouth were a threat down his side. He improved but still didn’t offer much bar one

break where he battled well to break forward and teed up Ayew with a decent cross. 5 JORDAN AYEW: He held the ball up well and was City’s best passer of the ball in the first half. He looked

most likely to make something happen for City. But in the second half, he went missing, with poor touches and poor decisions. 5 VICTOR KRISTIANSEN: There was poor passing in the build-up

from the Dane and he didn’t offer any threat going forward. Him playing on the wing feels like an experiment that won’t last. 4 PATSON DAKA: He just didn’t offer anything at all, bar the

willingness to sprint around. But his pressing wasn’t totally effective, while his touch was poor. Not involved in any of the attacking moves. 3 RICARDO PEREIRA: City looked much more

effective in building attacks in the final third in the few minutes he was on the pitch. Keep him feet and he can be a key player. 6 JEREMY MONGA: There were a couple of moments of nice

feet, but not as many as in recent weeks. And there was one overhit cross too. 5 FACUNDO BUONANOTTE: Couldn’t get into the game. It’s a shame he’s not been as influential under van

Nistelrooy as he was under Cooper. 4 JAKE EVANS: It was disappointing not to see more of Evans, especially in a striker role, ahead of his potential first-team involvement next season. N/A

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