The magic of the cup in England: the Premier League club bursts West Ham’s bubbles and rows to the next round – Soccernet.ee

West Ham United’s cup journey ended in Bristol, where the city’s local team faced a team almost 12 times more expensive in a rematch Cleverly sacked by the Premier League club. The last time West Ham were eliminated in the third round of the cup was seven years ago.

West Ham, who scored the main goal in the first phase of the battle between them, lost away from home in the 4th minute. Konstantinos Mavropanos’ weak back pass was intercepted by Tommy Conway, who beat the glove Lukas Fabianski and pushed the ball into the empty net – 1:0. The West Ham men playing in blue did not feel comfortable almost 250 kilometers from the capital, because the Bristol men were around them like ferocious wasps.

TOMMY CONWAY, BABY!!! 🎶 pic.twitter.com/lSrNwZSMbj

— Bristol City FC (@BristolCity) January 16, 2024

In the 18th minute Danny Ings eluded two defenders and shot from the back of the penalty area, but the ball just missed the post. It was the first good scoring opportunity for the visitors. After that, David Moyes’ men started to attack more and in the 25th minute Maxwel Cornet, who was a few meters away from Bristol’s goal, managed to shoot the ball beyond the frame. 12 minutes later, Mavropanos fails to take advantage of the putter of the glove and George Tanner clears the ball from the goal.

At the end of the first half the home team had a few more opportunities to increase their lead, but on both occasions Fabianski was the capital’s savior. In the first 45 minutes, Bristol had 6 shots (4 frames) and West Ham 5 shots, with only 1 between the posts.

At the start of the second three-quarters of an hour, West Ham were in the minority when Joe Williams brought down Said Benrahma, after which the Algerian decided to whip his opponent with pads in the right place. In a match without VAR, the chief referee Darren England did not miss such a move and “rewarded” Benrahma with the sending off, Williams received a yellow card.

The Bristol players in red shirts used every moment possible to anger their opponents in different ways. Furthermore, the pitch directors dealt with every situation skin-to-skin, for which the West Ham players were not at all prepared.

Bristol were also the sharper team at the end of the game, which at times gave the impression of a Premier League team more than West Ham. After the final whistle, the home fans were able to celebrate, because the reigning UEFA Conference League champions were excluded at home. Bristol’s men could face the Premier League club again in the fourth round if Nottingham Forest beat Blackpool.

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— Bristol City FC (@BristolCity) January 16, 2024

League One club Bolton Wanderers came close to an upset when they took the lead in the 11th minute against Premier League side Luton Town. However, Bolton’s luck was short-lived as Tahith Chong equalized in the 15th minute and Chiedozie Obene scored the winning goal in the 58th minute to send Luton through to the next round. The winner of this pair will face the best of Crystal Palace and Everton.

Wolves emerged as winners of the duel between Premier League clubs. While the first match against Brentford ended in a 1:1 draw, this time neither team held back from scoring goals. Regular time ended 2:2, so both teams had half an hour to play. Matheus Cunha, who scored 105+5, prevented it from going to penalties. the winning goal at this moment. Wolverhampton will face West Brom in the new round.

Results:

Wolverhampton Wanderers – Brentford 3:2 (1:1; 2:2; 3:2)the Wolves advanced in two games 4:3
36. Nelson Semedo, 72. Nathan Fraser, 105+5. Matheus Cunha – 13. Nathan Collins, 52. Neal Maupay

Birmingham City – Hull City 2:1 (0:1), in two games as a whole City of Birmingham forward 3:2
66. Jay Stansfield, 90+4. Koji Miyoshi – 12. Jason Lokilo

Bolton Wanderers – Luton Town 1:2 (1:1), Luton Town on aggregate over two games 1:2
11. Dion Charles – 15. Tahith Chong, 58. Chiedozie Ogbene

Bristol City – West Ham United 1:0 (1:0), over two games, Bristol City ahead 2:1
4.Tommy Conway

Eliminations: 50. Said Benrahma (West Ham)

Eastleigh – Newport County 1:3 (1:1), Newport County on aggregate over two games 2:4
48. Paul McCallum – 3. Aaron Wildig, 60. James Clarke, 79. William Albert Ewans