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talkSPORT has you covered for all the latest football news as the Premier League finally returns this week.
Arsenal beat Fulham on Tuesday as Bukayo Saka scored within seven minutes of his return to action after surgery.
Manchester United were then beaten by Nottingham Forest, with Nuno Espirito Santo emulating the legendary Brian Clough by completing the double over United.
Manchester City and Liverpool will feature on Wednesday, while Chelsea vs Spurs on Thursday wraps up a bumper few days.
Premier League fixures this week
Tuesday, April 1
- Wolves 1-0 West Ham
- Arsenal 2-1 Fulham
- Nottingham Forest 1-0 Manchester United
Wednesday, April 2
- Southampton vs Crystal Palace - 7:45pm - live on talkSPORT App
- Bournemouth vs Ipswich - 7:45pm
- Brighton vs Aston Villa - 7:45pm - live on talkSPORT
- Newcastle vs Brentford - 7:45pm
- Manchester City vs Leicester - 7:45pm - live on talkSPORT 2
- Liverpool vs Everton - 8pm
Thursday, April 3
- Chelsea vs Tottenham - 8pm - live on talkSPORT
Bournemouth 1-2 Man City - Chance
So close to it being game over!
Jack Grealish picks up the ball on the left and dribbles into the box.
He twists, turns and creates space for a pass.
Grealish picks out Ilkay Gundogan, and strikes a low effort off the outside of the post.
Bournemouth 1-2 Man City
Pep Guardiola decides it is time for Jack Grealish.
The winger comes onto the field in place of Phil Foden, who was very quiet.
Grealish missed out on the England squad last time and will need to re-establish himself in the City starting XI if he is to have any chance of going to the World Cup next year.
GOAL! Bournemouth 1-2 Man City - Omar Marmoush
TALK ABOUT THAT FOR IMPACT!
Omar Marmoush has immediately scored, but it is Nico O'Reilly who is the creator again.
A ball is played through towards O'Reilly, Antoine Semenyo reads it and slides in, but the ball runs for the City man.
He takes a touch and pokes a pass into Marmoush, who strikes a weak effort at goal that goes straight through Kepa Arrizabalaga.
No Erling Haaland, no problem!
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Bournemouth 1-1 Man City
Potential problem for Erling Haaland here.
The striker gets in a tangle with Lewis Cook and lands on the concrete just in front of the stands.
He clearly has some issue, and even after some treatment, he sits down.
Haaland can't carry on, and Omar Marmoush is the man to replace him.
There is a bit of nonsense between the two sets of players as Bournemouth refuse to put the ball out of play because it isn't a head injury, so they have every right to carry on.
Credit: Getty GOAL! Bournemouth 1-1 Man City - Erling Haaland
REDEMPTION!
Bournemouth get caught out on the left, and Kevin De Bruyne picks out Nico O'Reilly.
The substitute could go for goal, but he looks up and sees Erling Haaland at the far post.
He sets him up perfectly, and Haaland stabs the ball into the net from five yards.
Game on!
Credit: Getty Bournemouth 1-0 Man City - Kick-off
We are back underway for the second half, and Manchester City have made a change.
Abdukodir Khusanov has been taken off.
Nico O'Reilly is the man to replace him, and he has slotted in at left-back, with Josko Gvardiol moving into the middle of defence.
Khusanov had been booked in the first half, but it's unclear why he's the one to come off.
Bournemouth 1-0 Man City - HALF TIME
That is the end of the first 45 minutes, and Bournemouth are in the lead.
As it stands, they will be going to the FA Cup semi-final and not Manchester City.
However, if the Citizens had taken their chances, it would have been very different.
Erling Haaland has missed two big opportunities and also seen his penalty saved by Kepa Arrizabalaga.
Down the other end, the Cherries have scored through their only real chance as Evanilson converted Justin Kluivert's cross/shot after Haaland was denied from the spot.
Bournemouth 1-0 Man City - Chance
The hosts are awarded a free-kick on the left, and David Brooks delivers.
It is a lovely, delicate chip into the area that Ilkay Gundogan gets something on.
In truth, it's a good job he does because if not, three Bournemouth players were queuing up waiting to head home.
The resulting corner comes to nothing, but it is so far so good for Andoni Iraola's men.
GOAL! Bournemouth 1-0 Man City - Evanilson
JUST LIKE THAT, BOURNEMOUTH LEAD!
Matheus Nunes gifts possession to Lewis Cook in midfield, and he works it into David Brooks.
Brooks delivers a dream of a cross to the far post, and there is Justin Kluivert.
The Dutchman directs an effort past Ederson that is slammed into the back of the net by Evanilson before it can cross the line.
What a start to the game this has been!
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Bournemouth 0-0 Man City - Chance
What is happening to Erling Haaland?
After missing a penalty, he is played in on goal.
He's onside as he races into the box and tries to chip Kepa Arrizabalaga.
He gets the first bit right by clearing the goalkeeper, but he also clears the crossbar as well, leaving Pep Guardiola in shock.
Credit: Getty Bournemouth 0-0 Man City - SAVED
WOW! ERLING HAALAND IS DENIED, AND THE VITALITY HAS ERUPTED!
The big striker tries to drill the ball into the bottom left-hand-corner.
Kepa Arrizabalaga guesses the right way and makes the stop.
Crucially, he also holds on, so Haaland can't pounce on the rebound.
Credit: Getty Bournemouth 0-0 Man City - PENALTY
Man City have an early penalty!
Bernardo Silva tries to flick a ball over Tyler Adams.
The American runs in and has his arm raised as he tries to make the tackle.
It hits his hand, and the referee points straight to the spot.
Erling Haaland to take...
Bournemouth 0-0 Man City
Absolute mess at the back!
A long ball from Bournemouth is pumped forward, and Ruben Dias plays a horrible pass back to Ederson.
It nearly deceives him, but he just about stabs it away as far as Tyler Adams.
He is chopped down on the edge of the area, and Justin Kluivert steps up to send a free-kick almost out of the stadium.
Credit: Getty Bournemouth 0-0 Man City
The home faithful aren't happy with the referee as Ilkay Gundogan goes steaming into a tackle on Antoine Semenyo.
The German is full-blooded and probably makes the slightest contact on the ball.
However, he also gets a lot of the man, but he gets away without being booked.
Bournemouth vs Man City - Kick-off
Here we are then, it is the final FA Cup quarter-final of the season, and Bournemouth take on Manchester City.
The Cherries nearly went out of the football league 16 years ago, but are now on the cusp of making their first FA Cup semi-final appearance.
It really could be a special day, and a win for them would blow the competition wide open.
Meanwhile, for City, this is their last chance for silverware, and we are underway at the Vitality.
Bournemouth vs Man City: Team news
Okay, three FA Cup quarter-finals down, one to go.
Manchester City's last chance of any silverware is the FA Cup, and if they go out here, it will be the first time since 2017 they haven't won anything.
In truth, they probably wouldn't have wanted to face Bournemouth after losing to them earlier this season.
And the teams are in!
Unfortunately, Andoni Iraola is without Dean Huijsen and Milos Kerkez through suspension, but the rest of the team is as strong as it could be.
Meanwhile, Pep Guardiola has named an extremely strong starting XI.
Bournemouth: Kepa, Cook, Zabarnyi, Senesi, Soler, Christie, Adams, Brooks, Kluivert, Semenyo, Evanilson
Subs: Winterburn, Scott, Ouattara, Smith, Jebbison, Hill, Dennis, Silcott-Duberry, Akinmboni
Man City: Ederson, Nunes, Khusanov, Dias, Gvardiol, Kovacic, Gundogan, Bernardo, De Bruyne, Foden, Haaland
Subs: Ortega, Marmoush, Grealish, Doku, Gonzalez, Reis, O'Reilly, Lewis, McAtee
'Enjoying my football'
Aston Villa's goalscoring hero today was Marcus Rashford as he grabbed two in the 3-0 win over Preston North End.
The England international appears to be enjoying life at Villa Park and spoke to the BBC after helping his new team to the FA Cup semi-finals, where they will face Crystal Palace.
He said: "It's a great feeling.
"I think I can still get fitter, but I am just enjoying my football, so I am all good.
"We have to take it one game at a time and give 100 per cent, and we'll see where it takes us.
"We are a very ambitious team, we want to win and try to get as far as we can in all competitions."
FA Cup semi-final draw
And just like that, it is over!
No matter what, we were going to have some intriguing ties, and we've got two crackers.
The winner of Bournemouth and Manchester City takes on Nottingham Forest, which wouldn't be easy for either side.
And in the other tie, Crystal Palace are going to take on Aston Villa.
Again, what a brilliant tie.
- Nottingham Forest vs Bournemouth or Manchester City
- Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa
FA Cup semi-final draw
Okay, here we go.
We are going to find out the FA Cup semi-finals.
- Crystal Palace
- Aston Villa
- AFC Bournemouth or Manchester City
- Nottingham Forest
Preston North End 0-3 Aston Villa - FULL TIME
The referee blows the final whistle, and that is the end of Preston North End's FA Cup run.
Ultimately, the Championship side didn't quite have the quality to compete with Aston Villa, who were frustrated until Marcus Rashford's opener.
The England international then doubled the lead from the penalty spot before Jacob Ramsey wrapped things up.
Unai Emery's men march on towards the semi-finals and a trip to Wembley.
They are two wins away from winning the FA Cup.
The draw should be very shortly, so stay tuned.
Worrying
Ruben Loftus-Cheek has had to withdraw from AC Milan's game against Napoli this evening to have an emergency operation.
Reports in Italy suggest the midfielder has suffered an issue with his appendix, which needs to be removed.
As a result, he will be in hospital when his side take on Antonio Conte and co.
Hopefully, everything works out well for Loftus-Cheek, and he's back on the pitch soon.
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GOAL! Preston North End 0-3 Aston Villa - Jacob Ramsey
OOOOOOOFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF!
Lucas Digne slips a pass into Jacob Ramsey, who has dropped deep.
The midfielder spins and starts driving towards goal.
He takes a couple of touches and then unleashes a strike with his right foot.
It's a thunderous strike that rattles into the back of the net, and this is tie is over.
Donyell Malen, John McGinn and Amadou Onana come on for Youri Tielemans, Marcus Rashford and Marco Asensio.
GOAL! Preston North End 0-2 Aston Villa - Marcus Rashford
HE MIGHT BE BACK!
Marcus Rashford watches the goalkeeper and waits until the last second before he finally connects with his spot kick.
He doesn't even look at the ball as he slots his effort into the bottom corner.
You wait all that time for one, and two come at once, and Villa are now heading towards a Wembley semi-final.
Credit: Getty Preston North End 0-1 Aston Villa - PENALTY
Now Aston Villa have a penalty!
Morgan Rogers gets the ball away from Jordan Storey, who accidentally stands on the England international.
He goes down, and the referee points to the spot.
Marcus Rashford to take...
GOAL! Preston North End 0-1 Aston Villa - Marcus Rashford
ACCOUNT OPENED!
Aston Villa have the lead, and Marcus Rashford has his first Aston Villa goal.
Marco Asensio starts the move with a pass into Jacob Ramsey.
He feeds Lucas Digne on the left, and the Frenchman picks out Rashford in the box.
The England international times his run to perfection, and perfectly slots a strike into the bottom corner.
That is a huge moment for Rashford!
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