Lincoln City 0 West Ham 1 (Carabao Cup)
Well, another good run-out for most of the squad players and a welcome win in a difficult away tie. Tomas Soucek made the difference chesting in Said Benrahma's corner - and ugly goal but again good for his confidence to score two in a row.
It was good to see Cornet get a chance and his break down the right almost set up Ings, who hesitated with a good opportunity. Ings also missed a great chance in the second half and badly needs a goal. Ben Johnson hit the post from distance and Kudus forced a great save from close range, though West Ham had to dig deep at times. Alvarez almost gave a goal away after passing straight to Duffy who forced a decent save from Fabianski. While it was Fabianski who really earned the win when the game was 0-0 with a brilliant reaction save from Hacket-Fairchild's point-blank header. So now it's Arsenal in the next round, which all looks pretty tasty.
