The winger sent the Blues back to the top of the table with his goal at the Vitality Stadium, but he says he was trying to do something else
Manchester City winger Riyad Mahrez has admitted that his match-winning goal at Bournemouth on Saturday was “lucky”.
Mahrez’s second-half strike means City are top of the Premier League once again after Liverpool could only draw with Everton on Sunday.
The Algeria international, who was only on the pitch because Kevin De Bruyne picked up a hamstring injury in the first half, struck a somewhat bobbly effort in at the near post with his weaker right foot.
And he says that it is usually a case of hit and hope when he cannot shoot with his left, and he was not intending to score at the near post either.
“I was lucky to be honest!” he told reporters after the match. “Sometimes when it comes to my right I just close my eyes and shoot.
“I tried to shoot across [goal] but hit the floor at the same time so it went inside the post.”
Mahrez’s strike ended a run of 265 minutes without a goal in open play for City, who won the Carabao Cup on penalties following a 0-0 draw with Chelsea, and saw off West Ham last Wednesday thanks to a Sergio Aguero penalty.