West Ham beats Derby in FA Cup, plays Man United next

Football
Published 30.01.2023
West Ham beats Derby in FA Cup, plays Man United next

DERBY, England (AP) — West Ham arrange a fifth-round match at Manchester United within the FA Cup by beating third-tier Derby 2-0 on Monday.

Jarrod Bowen scored one objective and arrange the opposite for Michail Antonio in a cushty win for the English Premier League crew at Pride Park.

West Ham prevented turning into the twelfth top-flight membership to exit the competitors earlier than the final 16.

Man United and West Ham met at Old Trafford within the fifth spherical two years in the past, with United advancing with a 1-0 win.

Bowen mentioned he came upon West Ham’s subsequent opponent was United solely after he was substituted halfway by means of the second half.

“I asked Dec (teammate Declan Rice) and he said, ‘We’ve got United away,’” Bowen mentioned.

“It’s never easy but if we want to be successful in this competition, we have to beat top teams. It will be a tough game — they are a top, top team — but we’ve been there plenty of times before.”

West Ham has received three of its final 4 video games — two of these victories coming within the FA Cup — to ease a number of the strain on supervisor David Moyes.

Bowen, who scored twice in a league win over Everton in West Ham’s final match, put the guests forward with a close-range volley after the ball was helped on by Tomas Soucek.

Antonio had the straightforward process of heading house into an unguarded web within the fiftieth minute after Bowen’s cross from the fitting deflected into the striker’s path.