Semenyo departed Dorset for the blue side of Manchester in January, after a fantastice first half of the season for Iraola’s team.
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The Ghanaian has matched his tally for the first half of the season for Bournemouth at City, with ten goals and three assists for each team.
He returns to the Vitality Stadium for the first time since his departure when City travel to Bournemouth tonight, with plenty on the line for both teams.
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The hosts can confirm European football, while City are fighting hard in the title race – so it is set to be a crunch match for both.
Semenyo scored the only goal as City won the FA Cup on Saturday, which handed Bournemouth a boost in their European hopes as it mean that top eight in the Premier League is guaranteed European football.
Iraola said he wasn’t surprised to see Semenyo make the impact that he has at City.
“He's a top player,” he said.
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“You always have your question marks about how long it will take him to adapt to a new environment.
“But he has been phenomenal since the beginning. I'm very happy for him.
“I'm enjoying every time, the other day, scoring the goal, we were celebrating also because it was good for us.
“But I hope he doesn't have the best game tomorrow.
“There are a lot of threats. We cannot only focus on Antoine. Unfortunately for us, there are threats everywhere when you face City.
“But he's definitely one of the players that you have to be ready to try to limit in some way.”