WEST Ham winger Michail Antonio admits the pressure will be all on the Hammers in tomorrow’s FA Cup fifth-round tie at Ewood Park.
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Jonathan Moss, the referee, showed the player a second yellow card and West Ham scored three more times despite having Cheikhou Kouyaté sent off – a decision the club will appeal against.
The boss indicated in the build-up he may make changes for the visit of West Ham, and in the end he made five alterations to the side who produced the biggest win of his reign in midweek against Fulham.
City are away to Dynamo Kiev in the Champions League on Wednesday and then take on Liverpool in the League Cup final a week on Sunday.
We’ll have all the breaking team news and updates from 1:00 PM (GMT) so stay with VAVEL UK for the live cup action as it unfolds on Sunday afternoon, in a tie which is looking like being an absolute cracker.
The West Ham goals flowed after Ben Marshall had handed Blackburn the lead, a double Emmanuel Emenike and a Victor Moses strike contributing to a classy display from the visitors.
Chelsea teammates celebrate after scoring during the English FA Cup soccer match between Chelsea and Manchester City at the Stamford Bridge stadium in London, Sunday, Feb. 21, 2016.
“I haven’t seen the replay, but from my position I am not happy with that”, he said.
However, the lead lasted for just six minutes as an error from Blackburn goalkeeper Jason Steele saw Victor Moses’s effort squirm into the net.
Plenty believe this could be West Ham’s year in the cup. The home side can be backed at 5/4 to secure a clean sheet and 7/4 to win to nil – it’s the former I prefer as it’s not hard to envisage a game lacking in chances.
The forward nearly had a hat-trick on his first West Ham start before the influential Payet completed the scoring made in stoppage-time.
Palace defeated Tottenham 1-0, and West Ham came from behind to thrash second-tier Blackburn 5-1.
Meanwhile high-flyers Tottenham Hotspur face Crystal Palace.
Hazard, whose movement and passing resembled the player who propelled Chelsea to the Premier League title last season, threaded in Willian in the 48th and he finished ruthlessly, lashing the ball fiercely past Caballero and into the far corner.
Chelsea, without injured captain John Terry, are at home to Manchester City, with City manager Manuel Pellegrini, threatening to field a weakened team after the FA bowed to demands from broadcasters to move the game from Saturday.
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Everton, whose last major trophy came when they won the 1995 FA Cup, went into the quarter-finals after a 2-0 win away to fellow Premier League side Bournemouth.
