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Bournemouth don’t have a great record at Manchester City – since their first promotion to the Premier League in 2015, the Cherries have lost all eight of their league visits to the Etihad Stadium, scoring five goals and conceding … 31 – but this isn’t an ordinary Bournemouth team.

The south-coasters currently sit second in the Premier League. That is despite the fact that they lost some of their biggest stars (including three-quarters of their defence) over the summer, a transfer window in which the club made a profit of £63.3m. Relatively unheralded teenagers Eli Kroupi (plucked from Ligue 2) and Veljko Milosavljevic (who made only 27 first-team appearances for Red Star Belgrade before signing for Bournemouth) have come in as thrifty replacements and already look like Premier League superstars.

Antoine Semenyo has arguably been the best player in the league this season. Andoni Iraola is a likeable and unflappable manager, playing an entertaining brand of football that is flexible enough to steer clear of tactical evangelism. Unbeaten since August, Bournemouth might have the smallest stadium in the league but have turned...