AFC Bournemouth 2, Crawley Town 1: Reds' heroic cup run comes to an end

It was a valiant effort from the Reds, who fell behind when Jack Wilshire opened the scoring at the Vitality Stadium, as he swept in from the edge of the box, before Tom Nichols levelled in the second half when he came around the back to fire past Begovic from close range.

Josh King scored what would be the winner when he rolled the ball into the bottom corner, as Crawley were unable to find an equaliser.

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Arnaut Danjuma had a long range effort parried away by Glenn Morris in a positive start for Bournemouth.

The Cherries threatened again when, from a corner, Phillip Billing’s header was kept out by a combination of Morris and the post.

An excellent Crawley move saw Tom Nichols play in Ashley Nadesan who, from a tight angle, had a powerful effort pushed away by Asmir Begovic.

Bournemouth’s probing finally paid off when a neat team move on the edge of the box saw Josh King flick the ball back to Jack Wilshere, who tucked a first time effort into the bottom corner, giving Bournemouth a deserved lead on the 24th minute.

Crawley were lucky not to be two down when Jordan Tunnicliffe kept out a close-range effort from Brooks, whose follow up bounced wide.

In the second-half, the Cherries looked dangerous again when King looked to latch onto Steve Cook’s header, but Morris kept him out from close range, before the ball was eventually scrambled clear.

King had another effort from the edge of the penalty area, with Morris getting down well to hold the shot.

Crawley had a massive chance to equalise when Nadesan caught Begovic dawdling on the ball. The ball fell to Nichols, but he couldn’t fire past the Bosnian, who amended his mistake quickly.

The Reds grew into the game and got a well-deserved equaliser when a quick free-kick was taken, with the ball being worked wide. Josh Wright climbed high to head a cross on towards the back post, where Nichols was waiting to slide past Begovic, equalising in the 59th minute.

But the Crawley lead was short-lived, as not long after the ball was played into King, who restored the Cherries’ advantage, with a clinical finish, rolling into the bottom corner in the 65th minute.

King had a great chance to put Bournemouth out of reach on the counter-attack, but another fine save from Morris kept the Reds alive.

Morris was Crawley’s hero again when he thwarted Dominic Solanke from close range, before Solanke sent a free header wide as Crawley were on the ropes.

Brooks fired over in added time as the Cherries looked to seal the deal, but two goals were enough to see off a brave effort from the Red Devils.

Bournemouth: Begovic, S. Cook, Kelly, Brooks, Danjuma (Riquelme 77’), Wilshere (Solanke 65’), L. Cook, Stacey (Smith 65’), Rico, King (Surridge 82’), Billing (Lerma 65’)

Crawley: Morris, McNerney, Dallison, Powell, Nadesan, Nichols, Adebowale (Sesay 51’), Tunnicliffe, Matthews (Rodari 68’), Tsaroulla (J. Wright 27’), Hessenthaler