Manchester City midfielder Nico O'Reilly was proud of his role in their FA Cup quarterfinal win against Bournemouth.
Coming on in the second-half with City 1-0 down, O'Reilly laid on goals for Erling Haaland and Omar Marmoush to inspire them to a 2-1 win.
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“He (Pep Guardiola) was telling me to try and get involved as much as I can attacking but also be strong defensively,” O’Reilly told City's website.
“So that’s what I tried to do and it paid off.
“I think they were the toughest opposition we’ve come across in this competition so far, so I was just buzzing with (the result).
“It’s a special competition and we’re a special club so I’m just glad we can do it again.”
And looking ahead to a semi-final clash with Nottingham Forest, he added: “It will be a very good game, we faced them recently but we will be ready for it.”