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84 min McAtee’s first touch is a shot, but it’s a tame one. Then Grealish wiggles his way into another good position, only to pass whne he could have pulled the trigger.
82 min Post! After a good dancing run by Grealish, Gundogan strokes a shot in from the D. That’s his last involvement as he and Kovacic bow out, to be replaced by younger men – Gonzalez and McAtee.
80 min Better from Bournemouth as Kluivert and Scott combine on the left. But when Hill sends in a long throw, Gundogan leads a counter-attack and plays a one-two-three with Marmoush, who has a shot saved.
78 min City miss Haaland for the first time as there’s a game of head tennis in Bournemouth’s box.
76 min Yet another name goes into Stuart Atweell’s book and Kluivert does a spot of manhandling.
72 min Iraola has to do something, so he makes two more substitutions: off go Evanilsen and Christie, on come Alex Scott and Adam Smith. It looks as if there’s a reshuffle up top, with Ouattara now leading the line, Scott at No 10 and Kluivert moving to the right.
72 min The sun is still shining, but the lights are going out on Bournemouth. They’ve barely been there since half-time.
70 min Cook trips Grealish, possibly by mistake, and gets a yellow card.
69 min Jack Grealish is coming on for Phil Foden, who was his England self today, rather than the City superstar who was coming back into form before the international break.
67 min There was a City handball in the build-up, but the VAR decided it was an accident.
65 min O’Reilly lost the ball on the edge of the area but regained it and played a nice little flick to Marmoush, who nutmegged a defender and slotted into the corner. Kepa could have done better, so it’s vindication for Roy Keane as well as for Pep, who had just picked up a yellow card for ironic applause.
City lead! And it’s another O’Reilly assist!
Manchester City’s Omar Marmoush scores his sides second goal. Photograph: Adam Davy/PA
62 min Ryan Christie gets a yellow card for a foul on Kovacic, as City were driving forward.
61 min Yes, Haaland is going off, to be replaced by Omar Marmoush. Meanwhile De Bruyne is sledging Cook, possibly for not putting the ball out. Cook’s team mates spring to his defence. “It’s not their responsibility,” says Lee Dixon. “There’s no way I’d be putting it out.”
60 min As the hour glass turns over, Haaland seems to be telling the bench he can’t continue.
On the boards, as it were. Photograph: Alex Pantling/Getty Images
55 min Cook bundles Haaland off the field and into a hoarding, leaving him limping. As the physio come son to administer to him, Iraola sends on his first two subs: Ouattara for Brooks, who was a joy to watch, and and James Hill for Julio Soler, who did OK in the tricky role of Kerkez’s understudy.
52 min Pep started a midfielder at right-back, Nunes, who made the mistake that led to the first goal. How many other managers would have thought the solution was to send on another midfielder at left-back?
50 min O’Reilly was in acres on the left. All he had to do was run forward, send the cross in and watch Haaland slot the ball into the corner.
Haaland redeems himself! And the assist comes from O’Reilly!
Manchester City’s Erling Haaland scores. Photograph: Hannah McKay/Reuters
Explosive: Manchester City’s Erling Haaland celebrates with Nico O’Reilly. Photograph: Ian Walton/AP
46 min Pep sends on a sub, but it’s not one of the wingers – it’s Nico O’Reilly, coming on for Khusanov. He goes to left-back, immediately sets off on the overlap and has a shot, which goes wide.
“Given that they wasted a penalty at 0-0, it’s easy to think that City should be leading,” says Kári Tulinius. “However, given the balance of play, it would be deeply unfair. That said, the part of my brain that has watched City trounce English opposition for years is still preparing for a comeback. On the other hand, they’re just not very good.”
Everything but the “but”.
Imperious is the word. Empires fall.
“Wondering what happened to Ederson,” says Joe Pearson. “In his pomp, he was imperious. Now he is mistake prone and decidedly sketchy on the ball. It’s a puzzler.”
City have had two-thirds of the possession, but Bournemouth have had two-thirds of the fun. Erling Haaland messed up a penalty, allowing Kepa to make a comfortable save. About seven minutes later, Bournemouth’s sparky forwards did what City’s haven’t managed and put together a pentrating move – Brooks with the chipped cross, Kluivert with the scuffed shot, Evanilsen with the poked finish.
Oh, they don’t like to be beside the seaside.
Quite a first half for the cherries. Hope he managed to sup up before the match began. Photograph: Charlotte Wilson/Offside/Getty Images
45+1 min Foden again making things happen, feeding Haaland down the right. When City come back to the left, De Bruyne has a shot – and skies it.
45 min There will be one more minute of this half.
43 min De Bruyne to Foden again, but Foden again can’t quite manage the final ball, aimed at Haaland.
40 min Better from City. Foden advances through the middle and slips in De Bruyne, who twists and turns just like old times and hands it back … but Foden’s next pass is not as sharp as his first one.
37 min The first yellow card, which should have gone to Gundogan some time ago, goes to Khusanov for fouling someone 30 yards out. The free kick, a thing of artistry from Brooks, curls past his his team-mates and goes for a corner, which comes to nothing.
36 min Foden tries a flick to De Bruyne which doesn’t quite come off. Iraola takes a note. His pen looks like one of those multicoloured biros that were big in Christmas stockings in the late 20th century.
34 min Bournemouth’s goal, by the way, was the first by a home team in these four quarter-finals.
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