Southampton cruise past Bournemouth to reach FA Cup semis | Football News – Times of India

BOURNEMOUTH (England): Southampton‘s Nathan Redmond scored twice and fellow winger Moussa Djenepo bagged one other in a 3-0 win over south-coast rivals Bournemouth on Saturday to safe a spot within the FA Cup semi-finals for less than the second time in 18 seasons.
Mali worldwide Djenepo ran on to a exact by way of ball from Redmond to slot past goalkeeper Asmir Begovic and provides the Saints the lead within the thirty seventh minute, earlier than Ralph Hasenhuettl‘s aspect struck once more seconds earlier than the break on the Vitality Stadium.
Redmond collected a move in midfield and weaved his manner past Bournemouth’s defence to fireplace into the highest nook because the Premier League aspect took management of their quarter-closing with Jonathan Woodgate’s Championship (second-tier) aspect.
“We had aspirations of getting (to Wembley) at the start of the season. It’s a chance for us to put the league form behind us,” Redmond informed BT Sport. The Saints have misplaced 10 of their final 12 Premier League video games.
“It’s good for us to get into the next round going into the international break where we can work on a few things while some of the boys are away.
“We know one another effectively and the way to get the very best out of one another. Today it clicked, so hopefully we are able to finish the season on a excessive.”
The Saints started the sport brightly and thought they’d gone forward 1-0 when Bournemouth’s Cameron Carter-Vickers bundled in a Kyle Walker-Peters move into the penalty space. But the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) disallowed the purpose for offside.
VAR dominated out one other Southampton effort within the second half when Che Adams netted from distance, as a result of Stuart Armstrong was deemed to have been offside within the construct-up.
Redmond then scored with a high quality end to cap off a powerful day for Southampton, who final received a significant trophy once they claimed the FA Cup in 1976.
The Saints, who final reached the semi-finals within the 2017-18 marketing campaign earlier than shedding to eventual champions Chelsea, will discover out who they face within the final 4 of the competitors at Wembley Stadium when the draw is made on Sunday.