Maresca gets emotional winning start as Gvardiol sinks Bournemouth in stoppage time

MANCHESTER, England, Aug 23 : Enzo Maresca could hardly have scripted a more dramatic start to Premier League life as Manchester City manager.For more than 80 minutes on Sunday, the doubts surrounding City's post-Pep Guardiola future appeared well founded as Bournemouth led at the Etihad Stadium and threatened to spoil the start of a new era. The backdrop to this season has been one of uncertainty, with Guardiola's departure ending a decade of unprecedented success in which City won six Premier League titles and finally conquered Europe as part of a historic treble in 2022-23, while the exits of Rodri, Bernardo Silva and John Stones left Maresca with a squad searching for its new identity. But City produced the sort of late surge that became a hallmark of the Guardiola years, with Marc Gue