Brentford 0 West Ham 1 (FA Cup)
Brentford play a side of mostly squad players for this, though the Irons managed to lose to Blackburn's reserves in the Carabao Cup, so it's still a difficult game against one of WHU's bogey teams. Apart from Coufal was was crocked by a bad Summerville foul at Leeds and Scamacca who was feeling his knee, Moyes plays a full-strength side.
Those who watched on iffy TV feeds said it was a poor game. Wissa and Lewis-Potter had a couple of half-chances for Brentford and Soucek missed a really good chance after being set up by Emerson. It wasn't settled unto the 79th minute when Rice made a great tackle to free sub Benrahma who shot from distance. A great strike, though Brentford reserve keeper Strakosha should have done better. Said, who refused to celebrate against his former side, now has six goals and is West Ham's second top scorer.
It's a good psychological boost to win any game and particularly against Brentford who have defeated us in all three games since promotion. So the Cup Final breakfast round at Nigel's gaff in Kew remains on — at least until we see who we get in the 4th Round draw today.
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