Manchester City’s last reasonable chance at a trophy this season hits the Vitality Stadium on Sunday for an FA Cup quarterfinal clash with a confident Bournemouth.
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How to watch Bournemouth vs Manchester City live, stream link and start time
Kick off time: 11:30am ET Sunday
Venue: Vitality Stadium — Bournemouth
TV/streaming: ESPN+
Bournemouth vs Manchester City live score: 1-1
Evanilson 21′, Erling Haaland 49′
Bournemouth vs Manchester City live updates
Erling Haaland goal (video) — Bournemouth 1-1 Manchester City (49th minute)
O’Reilly drives down the left and sends a cross to the open back post, where Haaland simply has to open up his right hip and snap the ball home for 1-1.
Foden denied
Bernardo Silva’s cheeky back leg interception gives Phil Foden the chance to turn and drive at the Bournemouth back line.
Haaland slips wide to create room for his left foot, but Foden uses the Norwegian as a decoy and cuts onto his left only to see the chance saved by Arrizabalaga.
Man City sub
Khusanov, who was on a yellow card, comes off for Nico O’Reilly. Khusanov wasn’t City’s issue, so this may be down to the caution.
Guardiola is making his attack figure it out. Will that cost them their hopes of a cup?
Halftime — Bournemouth 1-0 Manchester City
Kepa Arrizabalaga is one of the heroes of the half, as who knows how this match would feel had Haaland converted his penalty kick for City.
Haaland and Tyler Adams are the lowercase-g goats, while City’s team have been controlled in the middle of the park and central areas of the final third as well.
Phil Foden and Kevin De Bruyne are both lively but without cutting edge. It’s also clear that City lack a right back worth deploying in games like this, as evidenced by Matheus Nunes — far from good enough at the back — is preferred over Rico Lewis.
Bournemouth have to feel very good about this, but City do have Nico Gonzalez, Jeremy Doku, and Omar Marmoush amongst the subs.
Evanilson goal — Bournemouth 1-0 Man City (21st minute)
David Brooks gets the ball on the right side and shapes a left-footed chipped cross back across goal.
Justin Kluivert has the better of Matheus Nunes thanks to an acrobatic leap and pushes the ball toward the line.
It’s unclear whether it’s an Evanilson touch — maybe? — or the sliding Abdukhodir Khusanov that makes the final touch over the line but it was headed home anyway.
The Cherries have taken advantage of Haaland’s frustrating first 20 minutes in front of goal.
Haaland misses on break!
It’s been a bad start for Adams, who nods back too deep and Haaland races onto the loose ball.
Arrizabalaga closes down Haaland, but the Norwegian’s chip gets by the keeper…. and the cross bar.
0-0, 17′.
Erling Haaland penalty SAVED
The Norwegian steps to the spot and will stare down Kepa Arrizabalaga.
Haaland’s low penalty is caught by the Chelsea loanee!
0-0, 14′.
Bournemouth penalty
USMNT midfielder Tyler Adams is vexed as Bernardo Silva’s chipped pass from close range hits the Cherry’s bicep and forearm.
The referee points to the spot.
Just wide from Haaland
Matheus Nunes gets down the right flank and sails a cross to the back post.
Erling Haaland is there but his header is wide of the near post by a foot.
Cherries hurrying City into mistakes
The midfield pressure has been exceptional from Bournemouth, who have won a pair of free kicks off Ilkay Gundogan.
The second comes in the ninth minute after Tyler Adams earned a one from 35 yards, but Justin Kluivert offered the ball to the sun and City have a goal kick.
0-0.
Bournemouth lineup
Arrizabalaga, Zabarnyi, Senesi, Cook, Soler, Adams, Christie, Brooks, Kluivert, Semenyo, Evanilson
Manchester City live
Ederson, Nunes, Khusanov, Dias, Gvardiol, Gundogan, Kovacic, De Bruyne (C), Bernardo, Foden, Haaland
Bournemouth vs Manchester City preview
The Citizens are out of the Champions League and would need an irrational finish to the Premier League season to even contend for another crown, but Pep Guardiola’s men can claim their eighth FA Cup with just three more wins.
The next hurdle may be the tallest.
Bournemouth have been exceptional this season, a campaign which now includes their first ever win over City in 22 tries — November’s 2-1 win at the Vitality Stadium.
The Cherries have seen their European hopes take a bit hit with a 1W-1D-4L run in the Premier League that includes three home losses, the lone win coming against 20th-place Southampton.
But they’ve knocked off a pair of Premier League peers in the FA Cup and see a path to silverware if they can knock off City, as the rest of the traditional ‘Big Six’ have already been eliminated at this stage.
Bournemouth team news, focus
OUT: Julian Araujo (thigh), Enes Unal (knee), Adam Smith (knock)
Manchester City team news, focus
OUT: John Stones (thigh), Rodri (torn ACL – MORE), Manuel Akanji (groin), Nathan Ake (ankle) | QUESTIONABLE: Oscar Bobb (fitness), Bernardo Silva (undisclosed)
Bournemouth vs Manchester City prediction
The odds say this could be tight. The mind says it’ll be tense and perhaps quite fun, as both teams could use this trophy for different reasons. City’s defensive injuries open a door for Bournemouth and vice versa. Milos Kerkez and Dean Huijsen give the Cherries vibrancy coming out of the back, but that won’t worry City any more than they concerns the young backs. Neutral may be looking to this for the home upstarts, but there have been plenty of Cinderella scripts that’ve played out with shattered glass slippers. Bournemouth 1-2 Manchester City.
