West Ham quickly levelled though when Moses’s speculative shot evaded Rovers keeper Jason Steele.
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The Argentinian midfielder, who has scored four goals in 14 appearances this season, is available for the fifth-round clash with Rovers after six weeks out with a thigh injury.
Crystal Palace also advanced with a 1-nil win over fellow top flight club Tottenham Hotspur.
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Slaven Bilic hailed West Ham for making their 5-1 FA Cup thrashing of Blackburn Rovers look easy.
Chelsea face a stiffer task in the next round away to Everton who they beat in the 2009 FA Cup final. “I don’t think that any manager is approaching FA Cup without trying to win the game”.
Diego Costa was allowed space on the six-yard box between Aleksandar Kolarov and Martin Demichelis, and when Eden Hazard hooked the ball across goal, Costa had as much time as he liked to stoop and head powerfully past Willy Caballero.
Chris Taylor was sent off for Blackburn and Cheikhou Kouyate for West Ham, both in the second half.
“OK, you could say the same to me because we put Randolph in goal, but we are insane to go through and some of the players deserve a chance, like Randy a few of the other guys”.
The 28-year-old showed again why he is pivotal to the Hammers’ hopes of winning the FA Cup with a masterful performance at Ewood Park. “I was with the Irish team when we played a friendly against England but I didn’t play, I just watched”, he added.
But the lead only lasted two minutes.
“For the rest of the season, I just want to keep performing well, try and stay in the team and I’ll probably set more goals for myself next season”, he said.
They are having an excellent season in seventh place in the Premier League, and only behind Southampton on goal difference and a further point behind Manchester United. “We didn’t have a midweek game so we will field our strongest side”.
A deficit was transformed into an advantage by Payet’s wonderfully whipped free-kick.
The Londoners were given an early jolt when Ben Marshall’s low shot put Rovers ahead but they responded in emphatic fashion with goals from Victor Moses and Dimitri Payet before half-time and a brace from Emmanuel Emenike and another classy Payet effort after the break.
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.
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“The target is to win this FA Cup, we did very well and we deserved to win.” said the Belgian playmaker, who is clearly on the same page as his boss.
