Manchester Metropolis fought again from behind courtesy of a superb second-half efficiency to beat Bournemouth 2-1 and arrange an FA Cup semi-final with Nottingham Forest.
Andoni Iraola’s workforce began brightly on the south coast and opened the scoring when Matheus Nunes’ horror-pass throughout the pitch allowed Bournemouth to assault and Justin Kluivert’s effort was bundled in by Evanilson.
Metropolis had already squandered a penalty when Erling Haaland was denied from 12 yards by Kepa Arrizabalaga and the striker missed a one-on-one when scampering by way of on purpose.
However the Cherries deserved their lead such was their depth and tempo. One thing wanted to vary on the break for Metropolis and Pep Guardiola referred to as for Nico O’Reilly from his bench to minimize the left.
The affect was virtually fast because the substitute drove ahead and assisted the equaliser for Haaland, who then limped off on 60 minutes with an ankle concern.
His substitute Omar Marmoush took simply two minutes to offer Metropolis the lead, squeezing a low shot by way of the grasps of Kepa, who ought to have executed higher.
From then on, it was like watching the Manchester Metropolis of outdated below Guardiola, who strangled possession and noticed the sport out in assured and fashionable vogue. Bournemouth, who at the moment are with no win in 90 minutes in six video games, merely ran out of steam and did not register a single shot within the second half.
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