Bournemouth

Matthew Howarth
BBC Sport journalist

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Bournemouth are through to the last eight of the FA Cup for only the third time in their history - but only by the skin of their teeth after a dramatic afternoon at Vitality Stadium.

Dean Huijsen was first to miss his spot-kick in a tense penalty shootout, but Matt Doherty and Boubacar Traore failed to hit the target before Luis Sinisterra coolly converted to book the Cherries' place in the quarter-finals.

The home fans may have feared Bournemouth's failure to turn their dominance into further goals would come back to haunt them after Sam Johnstone pulled off fantastic saves to deny Sinisterra and Lewis Cook in extra time.

The Cherries also had goals from Milos Kerkez and Alex Scott ruled out - the former after an eight-minute video assistant referee (VAR) review - after Evanilson's first goal since December had put them ahead in the first half.

Matheus Cunha's sensational strike restored parity in the second half and Wolves held on in extra time to force the shootout, but Andoni Iraola's side - who were beaten at home by Vitor Pereira's team in the Premier League last weekend - had the last laugh.

Having failed to reach the semi-finals in both 1957 and 2021, Bournemouth will now be aiming to go one step further and progress to the last four of the competition for the first time.

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Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola has been speaking to BBC Match of the Day about the win: "It was a game only one team tried to win. I think we were in control of the game, but they found a way with Cunha - an amazing goal. We should have scored two or three goals today.

"VAR, waiting seven minutes, it could have easily been 3-0 but we don't punish them when we are playing better. We were controlling the whole game. We deserved to go to the next round, but we had to do it in a difficult way."

On VAR and semi-automated offsides: "In the first game we need it, it goes against us. It doesn't work. They had to draw the lines and we were waiting seven minutes. It is definitely not a good sign for everyone involved.

"I remember in the Carabao Cup we went out because they scored with an arm and there was no VAR. I think everything has gone against us today but, fortunately for us, we go into the next round.

"We should have won this game a lot earlier, we missed big chances. In extra-time, I don't think they even arrived to our box."

On the penalties: "We practice every day when there is a cup competition. It is not only luck, there are other things involved. At the end, it was a fair result today."

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Bournemouth forward Antoine Semenyo has been speaking to BBC Match of the Day about the result: "It was end-to-end stuff. I feel like everyone's legs started to go after 90 minutes. It went to penalties and luckily we won - I'm grateful.

"I feel like we could have done it in 90 minutes, but the most important thing is that we got the win and we are into the next round.

"I think as a group we need to be a bit more clinical, and then maybe we would be higher in the table.

"I think for now we have got the win and we will see who we get tomorrow."

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Bournemouth have reached the FA Cup quarter-finals in two of the last five seasons, having done so in just one of their first 89 campaigns in the competition.

Bournemouth have won their last five penalty shootouts in all competitions.

Andoni Iraola's side had 31 shots in this match, the most any Premier League side has had against another in an FA Cup match since Manchester United against Norwich in June 2020 (36).

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Four matches make up Saturday's FA Cup action and BBC Sport will bring you every kick.

• Crystal Palace v Millwall (12:15) - BBC Radio 5 Live

• Preston v Burnley (12:15)

• Bournemouth v Wolves (15:00) - BBC Radio 5 Live

• Manchester City v Plymouth Argyle (17:45) - BBC Radio 5 Live

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Wolves won here in the Premier League on Saturday but only after Bournemouth had Illia Zabarnyi sent off in the first half. That completely skewed that result so I am not using it as a form guide for this tie.

What will be more relevant is how many changes both teams make for this game.

I was at Wolves' win over Blackburn in round four and their manager Vitor Pereira went kind of half-strong there. I can guarantee you he will be prioritising Premier League survival ahead of FA Cup progress, so we will probably see another mix-and-match selection from him.

As for Bournemouth, well I have already talked about why Crystal Palace should be trying to win the FA Cup this season, and the same definitely applies to Andoni Iraola's side.

The Cherries have only reached the quarter-finals twice before, losing at that stage in 1957 and 2021, and their best moments in the competition are probably as a lower-league giantkiller, such as when they beat Manchester United as a third-tier team in 1984.

This year, they are genuine contenders to win it and lift the club's first major trophy, and they have already shown they can beat anyone - especially at home.

They are still seventh in the Premier League despite losing their past two matches, and I would be really disappointed - no, actually I'd be angry - if Iraola picks a weakened team in the situation they are in.

He has got a responsibility to the fans to try to reach the semi-finals for the first time. Yes they have got a chance of making the Champions League, which would be incredible, but they are only two wins away from their biggest day out ever at Wembley. Why not go for it?

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The road to Wembley continues this weekend, as teams battle it out to book their spot in the FA Cup quarter-finals.

There is still lots of Premier League interest in the competition, with 11 top-flight teams all dreaming of a trip to Wembley. Aston Villa are already in the hat for the last eight after victory over Cardiff City on Friday.

The draw will take place on BBC One after Sunday's tie between Manchester United and Fulham at Old Trafford, which kicks off at 16:30 GMT and features Danny Murphy, Micah Richards and Wayne Rooney in the studio with host Gary Lineker.

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Andoni Iraola is unimpressed by the standard of refereeing Bournemouth have experienced this season, saying it "has been a very difficult week and season".

Reflecting on Illia Zabarnyi being sent off against Wolves in controversial circumstances and how such decisions are impacting his preferred style of play, he told BBC Radio Solent: "It has been a very difficult week with the referees, and I would say a very difficult season. We have lost a lot of points because of refereeing decisions.

"Even the other day, I watched all the commentators and pundits talking about Zaba's red card. If not everyone, 90% of people, said they didn't think it should have been. So it definitely makes you think about why there is VAR, in this case.

"The referee goes over and deals with it, then someone starts refereeing from the outside. The consequences of that decision I'm not so sure about because I don't know how many points we would have got if Zaba didn't receive that red card against Wolves.

"I really don't think we would have got zero points if this decision didn't happen, so it affects you massively.

"I've said it a lot of times, we have been very unlucky in all of the decisions. I don't want to say all of them but in a large majority of decisions this season, it hasn't gone for us. So it's very clear for me."

"It's a shame that I have to talk like this."

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Earlier, we asked how well you remembered Bournemouth's opening Premier League game of the season.

The match against Nottingham Forest ended in a 1-1 draw, with Antoine Semenyo cancelling out Chris Wood's opener for Forest.

Nizaar Kinsella
BBC Sport football news reporter, at Vitality Stadium

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Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola was diplomatic about whether new England manager Thomas Tuchel should call up Lewis Cook.

But there was no doubt that he thinks his midfielder, who got one cap for his national team in 2018, is good enough to play at international level.

Cook's grandfather collected £17,000 after his £500 bet on his grandson made his England debut in a 1-1 draw against Italy.

Asked about it by BBC Sport, Iraola said: "I love Lewis Cook. I think he's a very, very good player. I'm very lucky to have him in our squad but is the same way you asked me when Dom Solanke was here first season.

"For us, he's very good but I don't know the plans of the new manager. I don't know what he thinks the only thing I can say that for me Cook is a top player and I feel very lucky to have him.

"Thomas Tuchel is probably analysing not 25 but maybe 100 English players. We will be happy if it happens for him personally because you always want the best for your players."

Before the FA Cup fifth-round tie on Saturday with Wolves, Cook told BBC Radio Solent about playing out of position at right-back amid a recent injury crisis at Bournemouth.

"I'd obviously love to play in central midfield but the midfield we have a lot of options in all positions and would have an incredible bench if everyone was fit," he said. "But I've enjoyed learning and happy to play at right-back as well."

Bournemouth have only reached the quarter-final of the FA Cup on two previous occasions and has never progressed further in its 126-year history.

However, Iraola has achieved success in cup competitions at his previous clubs, remarkably reaching the semi-final of the Copa del Rey in 2020 with second division Mirandes. That was a feat that had been managed just once before in the club's 92-year history, and he led them to victories over La Liga sides Celta Vigo, Sevilla and Villarreal on the cup run.

Similarly, he took Madrid-based minnows Rayo Vallecano to the semi-final in 2023 - also just the second time in the club's history - and he now hopes to beat Wolves to reach the quarter-finals with Bournemouth on Saturday afternoon.

"We are talking about reaching the quarter-finals," added the Cherries boss. "That starts to sound really nice. So I think the way these games are played are a little bit different."

Iraola confirmed midfielder Ryan Christie has suffered an "acute injury" but could be fit in time while Julian Araujo is back from a hamstring injury sustained in November after being cleared by a specialist in Finland.

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Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola has been speaking to the media before Saturday's FA Cup game against Wolves (kick-off 15:00 GMT).

Here are the key lines from his news conference:

• It will be "very difficult" for Ryan Christie to be available, after he was forced off due to injury in their 2-1 defeat to Brighton. Iraola did not rule him out completely but said: "He has been dealing with a groin injury for a lot of months, it's not something new. Sometimes, when you push and push, there is a moment where you cannot push anymore and you need a small break."

• He has received "good news" about Julian Araujo's hamstring injury. The defender has been cleared to "start training with no limitations". Araujo is available for this weekend but it could still be "early for him".

• It is not clear when Adam Smith will be back in contention, with Iraola stating: "He is having some issues in his recovery. I think it was a hamstring injury but now he's having some issues in his calf."

• On being without Illia Zabarnyi, who is serving a three-match suspension after picking up a straight red card, he said: "It's difficult because when he has been available, we have used him. He is a very robust, reliable and key player for us. We'll have to show that we have more players that can do his job."

• After being on the end of a 1-0 defeat against Wolves last weekend, he is expecting more of a "balanced" game this time around, adding: "We basically played 30 minutes against 11 players, so we just analysed that. You can use it as a reference, but most of the game was unbalanced. Playing with one player less means that tactically you cannot do a lot of things."

• On Antoine Semenyo's comments about taking "revenge" after last weekend's result, he said: "We can use it in a positive way, but I think they are different competitions. What happens in the cup isn't going to change what happened in the league. We want to go ahead and I suppose they are going to go with everything to win the game as well."

• Iraola feels it is still "far too early" to dream about winning the FA Cup this season, adding: "One of the teams is going to finish their journey in the competition tomorrow, but we want to be in the draw. We are talking about qualifying for the quarter-finals, which has started to sound really nice. We will try not to fail against Wolves."

• On whether England manager Thomas Tuchel should be looking at recalling Lewis Cook, he said: "It's not my decision to make. I love Lewis Cook. He's a very good player and I feel very lucky to have him in our squad, but I don't know the plans of the new international manager and I don't know what he thinks. For me, I feel very lucky to have him."

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This will be Bournemouth and Wolves' third meeting in the FA Cup. In 1947-48 Wolves won 2-1 in the third round, while in the 1956-57 fourth round the Cherries won 1-0 at Molineux.

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Bournemouth forward Antoine Semenyo has called on the Cherries to get "revenge" against Wolves this weekend after losing to Vitor Pereira's side last Saturday.

Wolves return to Vitality Stadium in the FA Cup and Semenyo believes Bournemouth can get their own back on the relegation-threatened side.

"It's going to be like a revenge game for us," Semenyo said. "I feel like when we played them we dominated when we had 11 men. So when we went down to 10, it was obviously a bit tougher, but I feel like it's revenge for us.

"We're going to work hard over these next couple of days and then, get a win."

Asked if he believes there is a chance for Bournemouth to go far in the FA Cup this season he replied: "100%, I feel like we're getting closer and closer.

"The manager said it's really important to him personally to get to the final. So I feel like for us we just want to do the best we can to to get there."

With a trip to Wembley only two wins away, the Ghanaian, who has previously had loans spell with Bath City and Newport County, says it would "100%" be a dream to play there.

"I feel like I've never really had that opportunity to get that far. I've actually said to a few of my friends and my brother recently that I would love to play at Wembley - I've been to watch a couple of friends, but I would love to play there myself.

"Let's just take it to Wolves, then next round hopefully do the same thing and then get to the semis."

Mark Mitchener
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At the end of January, Bournemouth were blazing a trail through the stratosphere, seemingly on an unstoppable, rocket-propelled journey to dreamland - an unfathomable place in the Champions League.

By the end of February, the Cherries have woken up with a jolt, with their more pessimistic followers wondering if they were only ever crawling along towards mid-table on a rail replacement bus service.

As ever, the truth most likely lies somewhere between those two viewpoints.

Having sailed through January with four wins and a draw, collecting the Premier League's manager, player and goal of the month awards on the way, February has been crueller.

Aside from making FA Cup progress against Everton, and slaying an already-doomed Southampton, defeats by Liverpool, Wolves and Brighton have dropped the Cherries from fifth to seventh, with the prospect of losing further ground on the top five on Wednesday.

Of more immediate concern is that despite having welcomed some players back from injury, Andoni Iraola's side are now stretched in a couple of positions, with Illia Zabarnyi sitting out two more games through suspension and Ryan Christie - himself still one caution away from a two-match ban - limping off at Brighton on Tuesday with a groin problem.

So, Saturday's return visit by Wolves in the FA Cup is an opportunity for Iraola to make some changes. The same goes for the visitors, whose priorities surely lie with increasing the gap between themselves and the bottom three.

But make no mistake, Bournemouth are still in a position for which most fans would have bitten off their own hands, let alone anyone else's, to be in after 27 league games.

Justin Kluivert, in netting another contender for his personal goal of the season competition on Tuesday, also broke new ground in becoming the first Cherries player to score 10 away goals in a Premier League season.

He told BBC Radio Solent that Bournemouth "played a good game, especially in the second half where we created a lot of chances, but we've got to be more dangerous in those areas".

Another view was given by former Tottenham and Nottingham Forest midfielder Andy Reid on BBC Radio 5 Live.

"This is just a little blip for Bournemouth," the ex-Republic of Ireland international said.

"They are a good side and will bounce back. They went on an incredible run before these recent games, [so] were bound to hit a bump."

Will Reid be proved right - can Iraola's men reset their upward course? It should be an interesting watch, either way.

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We asked for your thoughts after Tuesday's Premier League game between Brighton and Bournemouth.

Here are some of your comments:

Brighton fans

Fran: I was at the game and it was good to see two teams trying to win and not trying to defend with 11 players behind the ball. We rode our luck at times but overall I thought we deserved to win. You can see why Bournemouth are where they are as they play really good football.

James: We're turning our fortunes around. After one win in eight, it is now four wins in five and we are looking upwards towards Europe. Carlos Baleba solid again in midfield and and Jan Paul van Hecke and Adam Webster prove there is no need for Lewis Dunk in the squad. Pleased for Danny Welbeck to be back on the score sheet.

Mark: Bournemouth are a very good side. They looked more threatening than we did during the second half and the momentum was with them after they equalised, but we weathered the storm that many home teams have not managed to do this season against them, which shows what a good side Brighton are.

Rich: Hard-fought win and two entertaining teams. Diego Gomez looks to be a real prospect, so that is another one off the conveyor belt.

Peter: Excellent performance against a very dangerous opponent and three very precious points gained in the quest for European qualification. Two cracking goals by Justin Kluivert and Welbeck. A draw would not have been a bad result but we held on for a good win.

Bournemouth fans

Matt: A good end to end game, with the Seagulls just shading it on taking chances. Profligate from the Cherries once more. The cup game will give a welcome chance to regroup and bed the returnees back in. The fight is not over yet.

Andre: The bar has been set so high by us this season. We have delivered continuously and exceptionally, with a depleted squad. The league, on the whole, is so strong and unpredictable this season.

Simon: How was that game been lost? Cherries much the better team and had more chances in both halves. A dominant performance. I have to give so much praise to the players, but we were just not quite clinical enough when it mattered. It is interesting to see that since Illia Zabarnyi's red card, we have conceded three goals conceded and dropped six points!