Nico O'Reilly gave two assists from the bank when Manchester City came from behind to beat Bournemouth 2-1 in the FA Cup quarterfinals.
Match report
Nico O'Reilly helps two goals when the men of Pep Guardiola come from behind to book the semi -final place after Erling Haaland's first half Penalty Miss.
Jonger O'Reilly scored twice in the victory of the city in Plymouth Argyle in round five, but had to settle for a place on the couch in the Vitality Stadium on Sunday.
However, he played a key role after he was performed during the break, and quickly popped up the equalizer of Erling Haaland and then supplied a cute reverse pass from which fellow replacement Omar Marmoush scored the winner.
City had donated an early penalty when Tyler Adams was treated in the Bournemouth box, only for Haaland to pick his lines from 12 meters, which sent a tame effort to Kepa Arrizabalaga.
Haaland saw another big chance when he lumped when one-on-one with Kepa with Kepa, and the frustration of City was exacerbated when Bournemouth continued in the 21st minute Evanilson tapped home after a bad giveaway by Matheus Nunes.
Yet Pep Guardiola van O'Reilly led the city back to life instead of Abdukodir Khusanov.
O'Rilly stepped to the left and crossed to Haaland to stop four minutes after the restart at the back, before Marmoush slid under Kepa after a brilliant game of the 20-year-old on the edge of the area.
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Ilkay Gundogan cut off the woodwork while the city was looking for a third, although the visitors were not made to pay for that miss because they booked their place in the last four for a seventh straight campaign.
Last year's second place, Nottingham Forest in Wembley will record for a place in the final.
Data Debrief: Life of O'Reilly
O'Reilly led the leadership when City turned the draw and offered his first assists for the club.
He became the first city replacement to help two goals in a match since Gundogan did this against Leeds United in December 2021, while he became a member of Jack Clarke with five target contributions in the FA Cup of this season, in which the duo played a role in more strikes than other Premier League players.
His first aid set up Haaland to become the first player to score 30+ goals in all competitions in each of his first three seasons while he played for a Premier League club since Ruud van Nistelrooy for Manchester United, from 2001-02 to 2003-04.
Marmoush now has 34 goals involvement in all competitions this season, including his time at Eintracht Frankfurt.
Exclusive fines, among players in Europe's Big Five Leagues, only Raphinha (44), Mohamed Salah (43) and Ousmane Dembele (35) have more target contributions than the Egyptian.
City will regard this as a victory that was firmly deserved. They finished with 17 shots, seven of them on goal and gathered 3.43 expected goals (XG) to Bournemouth's 1.67, with the cherries who only manage five attempts.
Match -Events
0 'The game is about to start!
3 'Ederson knew the ball, his boot follows to Evanilson's Nether Regions
10 'Nunes fires a cross directly to Haaland, but his header is wide
14 'Penaly Missed! Haaland strokes the ball to keep the left hand of the keeper and this is held by Kepa!
15 'Haaland Dinks the bouncing ball over Kepa, but it does not come down on time
18 'Semenyo expropriations nunes and then dribbles 50 meters, but his shot is high
21 'Evanilson has the ball in the net while Kluisert helps! Bournemouth 1-0 Man City
24 'Haaland arranges the ball and imposes it for Gundogan, but his shot has been saved
37 'Khusanov has been booked yellow while he trips Kluivert
46 'O'Reilly On, Khusanov Off
47 'Foden's Scot is caught by Kepa
49 'Haaland equalizes for the city while O'Reilly helps! Bournemouth 1-1 Man City
58 'Haaland is being treated while he clashes with the advertising board
61 'Haaland is being replaced by Marmoush due to injury
64 'O'Rilly picks up Marmoush who shoots under kepa! Bournemouth 1-2 Man City
68 'Grealish on, Foden Off
81 'Grealishe rolls the ball back to Gundogan, but his shot touches the distant pole
83 'Gundogan and Kovacic to be replaced by Nico and James McATee
Line-ups
Bournemouth XI: Kepa, Ryan Christie, Lewis Cook, Brooks, Adams, Kluisert, Marcos Senesi, Evanilson, Antoine Semenyo, Ilya Zabarnyi, Julio Soler
Subs: Smith, James Hill, Will Dennis, Daniel Jebbison, Alex Scott, Dango Ouattara, Zain Silcott-Duberry, Matai Akinmboni, Ben Winterburn
Man City XI: Gundogan, De Bruyne, Kovacic, Nummeron, Ruben Dias, Bernardo Silva, Haaland, Foden, Matheus Nunes, Gvardiol, Abdukodir Khusanov
Subs: Ortega, Grealish, Omar Marmoush, Nico González, Doku, Mcatee, Lewis, Nico O'Reilly, Vite Reis
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