Bournemouth vs Man City LIVE: Marmoush sets up FA Cup semi-final with Nottingham Forest after Haaland injury
Bournemouth 1-2 Manchester City: Marmoush came off the bench to send City to Wembley after Haaland injured his ankle
Manchester City completed the FA Cup semi-final line-up and will play Nottingham Forest at Wembley after coming from behind to beat Bournemouth in the last remaining quarter-final tie.
Pep Guardiola’s side kept their hopes of winning silverware this season alive as goals from Erling Haaland and substitute Omar Marmoush - who replaced Haaland when the striker suffered an ankle injury - secured a hard-fought 2-1 win.
Marmoush scored with virtually his first touch after Haaland went over his ankle under the challenge of Lewis Cook. The Egyptian snuck a strike under Kepa Arrizabalaga, who had saved a penalty from Haaland in the first half of the quarter-final.
It was one of three big chances missed by Haaland when the game was goalless and Bournemouth looked as if they would punish City when Evalison scrambled in the opener to put the home side 45 minutes away from the club’s first ever FA Cup semi-final.
But City turned it around after half-time to book a Wembley date with high-flying Forest, with Aston Villa and Crystal Palace facing off in the other semi-final to be played across the weekend of April 26/27.
Follow all the reaction and updates from the Vitality Stadium with our live blog below:
Bournemouth 1-0 Man City
32 mins
City are continuing to dominate possession and they win a corner that Haaland heads wide at the far post.
Bournemouth 1-0 Man City
31 mins
Not bad from Nunes as he does well to get forward and then skip past Semenyo, but rather than cross it he hits a fairly tame effort that Kepa manages to catch.
Bournemouth 1-0 Man City
28 mins
Half a chance on the counter as Adams blocks a shot then has acres of free space to run into. He’s under pressure from Khusanov and tries to slip the pass into the path of Evanilson, but there was too much on it. Another reminder of what the hosts can do though.
Bournemouth 1-0 Man City
27 mins
Ederson races off his line to clear a long ball forward, but thankfully for City fans he deals with it well.
The visitors are enjoying more possession now, but the Cherries look threatening whenever they win it back.
Bournemouth 1-0 Man City
25 mins
Decent play from Semenyo as he stands up Nunes, drags it past him and fizzes a ball across goal, but Evanilson isn’t there to tap in.
Bournemouth 1-0 Man City
23 mins
A chance for City as the throw is brought down and Gundogan lashes a shot from distance that forces good low save from Kepa.
GOAL! Bournemouth 1-0 Man City
21 mins
GOAL! The hosts have the lead!
It’s a well-worked goal too, with Cook slipping it through to Brooks, who stands up the defender and clips a great cross to the back post.
Kluivert is there to meet the cross and pokes it past Ederson, and Evanilson races in to make sure as he bundles it over the line.
Bournemouth 0-0 Man City
18 mins
As evidenced by the chances, City have settled well by this point, though the Cherries have half a chance as Semenyo dispossesses Gundogan before skipping past Foden and rifling a shot just wide.
Bournemouth 0-0 Man City
16 mins
CLOSE! What a chance for City.
Haaland heads a ball back into midfield but a Bournemouth shirt wins it.
However, it’s clipped back towards Kepa and there’s so much space between the defence and the ‘keeper, and Haaland races onto the ball to go 1-v-1 with the Spaniard. He looks certain to score but he tries the chip and it goes over the bar!
On the replay, it looks like it took a little bobble before he hit it.
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