Six minutes later Moses levelled, however, when he ran at a backpedalling defence and drilled low past Jason Steele from 25 yards and Payet scored the Hammers’ second from similar range with a precise free-kick.
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However, Emenike’s double in the 64 and 85put the game beyond reach for the home side, before another Payet’s strike in the 90 minute sealed a quarterfinal berth for West Ham.
“In the Premier League you probably have to be a little bit more cautious because teams can be two or three goals up in a matter of minutes with their attacking players”, he said.
Monday sees Manchester United looking to ease the pressure on under-fire manager Louis van Gaal following their 2-1 Europa League defeat by Danish side FC when Midtjylland when they travel to third-tier Shrewsbury.
The Hammers have won just one of their last 10 matches on the road in all competitions and we have a sneaking suspicion that Rovers will force this one to a replay.
City manager Manuel Pellenrini warned that he would play a weakened team as the FA Cup is “not a real game” for him this season, and followed through on that.
Faupala cancelled out Diego Costa’s headed opener before halftime but the visitors could not hold out after the break.
The last time West Ham made it to the FA Cup Final, James Collins was an unused substitute who could only watch as Stevie Gerrard and his Liverpool walked away with the trophy. “He is also doing the dirty work and on the ball he is up there with Luka Modric from the players I have trained so far”.
“Jordan was good for us, he got his goals, but we’ve got lads in now who can score and hopefully they can produce and we can get something on Sunday”, he said. It’s one of those things where you don’t get remembered for coming sixth, but if you win the FA Cup everyone remembers that, you have a medal to show for the rest of your life.
Chris Taylor was sent off for Blackburn and Cheikhou Kouyate for West Ham, both in the second half.
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Kouyaté had been set to miss West Ham’s Premier League match this weekend against Sunderland but is now in contention to start for Slaven Bilic’s team.
