Monday February 21, 2011 Round 5 Finished Upton Park

West Ham United 5 - 1 Burnley

  • Hitzlsperger 23’
  • Cole 48’, 50’
  • Reid 59’
  • Sears 90’
  • Rodriguez 71’

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  1. West Ham hammer hapless Burnley

    West Ham hammer hapless Burnley

    Thomas Hitzlsperger scored one goal and created another on his debut as West Ham hammered Burnley 5-1 in their FA Cup fifth-round clash. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • West Ham United
    • Burnley
    • 90+4' FULL TIME! What a tremendous finish to this match then! In 20 seconds Burnley went from thinking they'd clawed the score back to 4-2, to finding themselves 5-1 down! Thanks for joining our live coverage! West Ham will face Stoke in the next round, but next up is a Premier League clash with Liverpool on Sunday. See you then!
    • 90+3' GOOOAL! INSULT TO INJURY FOR BURNLEY - SEARS MAKES IT FIVE FOR WEST HAM! A scything move from West Ham, straight through the heart of Burnley's midfield, and Sears drills the ball into the top right corner
    • 90+3' Word can't describe what a good block that was by Reid - headed off the line, onto the left-hand post, and into the arms of Robert Green. Sensational
    • 90+2' Mears tries his luck with a cross from the right, and IWELUMO MEETS IT WITH A HEADER! HEADED OFF THE LINE BY REID!
    • 90+1' Elliott swings a ball to the back stick from the right, but there's no one there
    • 90' Burnley back on the ball, and West Ham are sitting very deep now.
    • 89' Reid with a throw on the right for West Ham, as the fourth official signals three minutes of added time
    • 88' Noble almost finds Parker with a cute through ball into the box, but he delays the pass and the chance is gone
    • 87' Bridge lofts a ball up the left wing, which is chased by Piquionne
    • 86' Burnley pluggin away in the midfield, but West Ham are cruising now
    • 84' Piquionne receives the ball wide right for the Hammers, who are flowing forwards now! He takes a touch... and pings a cross horribly over Lee Grant's crossbar
    • 83' So Ba doesn't get a goal on his first start at Upton Park, but he's made a good impression tonight, nonetheless. Sears with the ball wide left for Burnley
    • 82' WEST HAM SUB: Demba Ba off, Frederic Piquionne on
    • 80' That's a cracking one-handed save from the keeper, who has made a couple of decent saves in this half
    • 79' Ba spins in behind Carlisle - again playing very high - and latches to a long ball over the top. He SHOOTS FIRST TIME! TIPPED OVER THE BAR BY GRANT!
    • 78' He might not have a chance though! Avram Grant is readying Frederic Piquionne on the touchline. Spector is bundled over in the middle of the pitch, and West Ham have a free kick
    • 77' Demba Ba finds a yard on the right again, but Burnley's back line stays strong. He's desperate to get on the scoreboard tonight
    • 75' Wade Elliott gives the ball away cheaply in the Burnley half, before sloppily bringing his man down as West Ham try to counter. A second yellow card for Burnley
    • 74' WEST HAM SUB: Carlton Cole off, Jonathan Spector on
    • 73' BURNLEY SUB: Dean Marney and Ross Wallace off, Graham Alexander and Chris Iwelumo on
    • 72' What a shocker that is - and that's one horror goal apiece tonight for these teams.
    • 71' GOOAL! BURNLEY GET ONE BACK! And that is an ugly, ugly goal. Mears puts Wayne Bridge under real pressue on the left byline, and Bridge plays a horrendous short backpass to Green. Green hoofs the ball smack into Mears, and the ball falls for Rodriguez to nod into an empty net.
    • 69' Rodriguez is slipped through into the centre by Elliott, and SHOOTS! JUST OVER THE TOP RIGHT CORNER!
    • 68' Well, that debut performance was about as good as Wayne Bridge's was bad! A goal and and assist for the German, who looks quite delighted as he takes his seat in the West Ham dugout
    • 67' WEST HAM SUB: Thomas Hitzlsperger off, Pablo Barrera on
    • 66' Hitzlsperger pings a lovely diagonal ball to Jacobsen on the far right, who is hacked down. Yellow card for Jay Rodriguez
    • 65' Marney concedes the ball cheaply on the half way line, and West Ham enjoy some possession football
    • 64' There's a bit of argy bargy between Bridge and Wallace in the middle of the park, after the Burnley man caught Bridge late. The referee steps in to sort it out.
    • 62' Eagles asks a few questions of Reid under another looping high ball into the West Ham box, but the West Ham defender keeps his cool to carry the ball out of trouble
    • 61' Ba receives the ball wide right in space, and he charges into the box and SHOOTS! TIPPED AROUND THE RIGHT POST BY GRANT! Cracking effort, even better save
    • 60' That's three goals in 11 minutes for West Ham, who are all but assured of progressing to the next round now. They'll face Stoke, if they do indeed make it
    • 59' GOOOOAL! Hitzlsperger's ball into the box is glanced in at the near post by Winston Reid!
    • 59' West Ham have a corner, and Hitzlsperger trots across to take it
    • 58' Jacobsen draws a decent sliding challenge from Duff on the edge of the box
    • 57' Ba exhanges passes with Noble, before spreading the ball right to Jacobsen
    • 55' Ba charges forwards through the middle of the pitch for the Hammers, and he's got Cole to his left and Sears to his right! He eventually plays right to Sears, who cuts back onto his left foot and SHOOTS! Straight at Lee Grant
    • 54' Eagles cuts inside from the left, and SHOOTS WITH HIS RIGHT FOOT! Wide of the left post from 20 yards. Again, a decent effort, but just not quite good enough
    • 52' Burnley back on the ball in their own half, and they're still plugging away manfully with the ball at their feet
    • 51' One minute and 50 seconds between the goals, then, and Burnley are all but dead in this tie. The gamble of the high defensive line has been ruthlessly exploited in this half
    • 50' GOOOAL! COLE MAKES IT THREE! The big striker catches the high Burnley defence napping again, and this time brings the ball under control with a lovely first touch, before slamming the ball into the top rigth corner. Cracking goal, shocking defence
    • 49' That really is a sucker punch for Burnley, but they gave that goal away on a plate
    • 48' GOOOOAL! It's a shocker, but West Ham have doubled the lead! Cole srpings the offside trap to bring down a high ball over the top, but Grant comes out to smother the ball at his feet. Grant loses the ball though, and Cole knocks it into the back of the net from on the floor!
    • 47' Rodriguez chases a long diagonal ball to the bylien, but his tame cross is gathered by Green.
    • 46' The second half is underway!
    • 45+2' HALF TIME! There goes the referee's whistle, and that's it for the first half. The scoreline has followed Thomas Hitzlsperger's script so far, but Burnley will fancy their chances of scoring in the second half. Mears and Wallace have looked particularly menacing on the right wing - repeatedly overrunning Wayne Bridge. Join us in a few minutes for the second half!
    • 45+1' Burnley with the ball on the right now, with Mears. Mears swings the ball to the back stick, and Green misses it with a flailing fist! Reid does hack the ball clear, under pressure, and that's a let-off for West Ham!
    • 45' Jacobsen cuts the ball inside from the right wing to Sears, who carries the ball three yards across the edge of the penalty area and SHOOTS! WIDE OF THE LEFT POST!
    • 44' Very innocuous, that, as Wallace appeared to injure himself sliding in on Bridge. Must be a twist. He's back up to his feet, and will be ok to resume once the referee lets him back on
    • 43' Wallace goes down in some discomfort on the right wing, and West Ham initially refuse to put the ball out of play. They pass the ball across the back four for seven or eight passes, before eventually hoofing clear for Wallace to receive treatment
    • 42' They really do look like scoring tonight, Burnley. Three-times FA Cup winners West Ham look edgy at the back, that's for sure
    • 41' Wallace slips the ball along the right channel, inside Bridge for Mears to chase into the box! Mears reaches it ahead of Green, and squares across the face of goal... hacked clear! Brilliant movement from Burnley, but well defended by Winston Reid
    • 40' Cole penalised for bringing down Wallace ont he half way line now, and Burnley are back in possession. The hosts have taken their foot off the gas here - can Burnley make them pay for it?
    • 39' Swung into the middle after plenty of jostling, and headed well clear by Cole
    • 39' Mears passes up the right wing to Wallace, who wins a corner...
    • 38' Carlisle cuts out a long header from Reid in the middle, and Eagles switches the ball right Mears
    • 37' Jacobsen almost reaches a lovely ball down the left wing, but Elliott beats him in the foot race for the ball and Grant comes to claim it
    • 36' Taken early, but the long ball over the top is comfortably collected by Green
    • 35' Bridge slices a clearance on West Ham's left wing, and concedes a throw
    • 34' Fox then pings a ball along the same flank, which is beautifully flicked on to Eagles by Rodriguez 20 yards out. Eagles takes a look up and SHOOTS! SAVED BY GREEN LOW TO HIS LEFT! Cracking effort - well saved
    • 33' Sears chases after a long ball along the right flank, but his low ball into the box is Duff intercepted by Duff
    • 32' Mears and Wallace echange passes on the right, and the former gets the ball back a good two yards offside. The Burnley attack just hasn't clicked since going a goal down
    • 31' Mark Noble - quiet so far - almost plays a perfect ball through the defence for Cole, but the big striker is offside. Marginal, but you've got the give the lino the benefit of the doubt on that one. Burnley playing a high defensive line, and it worked for them then
    • 30' Elliott tries to curl a ball in from the left now, but it's too close to Green who catches it comfortably
    • 29' Sears pings a low ball past Daniel Fox for Lars Jacobsen to chase, but the Burnley defender just gets back in time to slide the ball clear
    • 28' Burnley have had the stuffing knocked out of them a little bit with that goal. West Ham enjoying their longest spell in possession of the match
    • 27' Hitzlsperger receives it back in that right channel, and the Hammers fans instantly yell "shoooot"! Understandable, but he plays the ball wide right instead...
    • 26' Ba almost brings a long ball under control in the box, but Duff hacks it clear for a throw
    • 25' Grant perhaps should have kept that out with his flailing right hand, but take nothing away from Hitzlsperger - it was a cracking strike. He's looked very decent indeed so far - economical with the ball throughout the opening 25 minutes. The goal is harsh on Burnley, though, who have been the better side so far
    • 24' GOOOOOAL! HITZLSPERGER SCORES A SCREAMER ON HIS DEBUT! The German receives the ball in the right channel, the Burnley defenders stand off, and he rifles a right-foot into the top left corner of Lee Grant's goal! 1-0 West Ham!
    • 23' Reid finds Cole wide left with a super long diagonal ball, and this is more like it from West Ham
    • 23' West Ham with the ball, passing across the defence
    • 22' Ba charges along the left, before squaring the ball midway into the Burnley half. There's no options for Cole, who passes backwards, and the ball ends up going all the way back to Green.
    • 21' The free kick is pinged to the edge of the West Ham box, but well cleared by Tomkins with a smart challenge
    • 21' Cork picks up the ball on the half way line, and draws a foul
    • 20' Hitzlsperger tries to lift a ball into the box for Cole to chase, but Clarke Carlisle shepherds him off the ball well and Grant gathers the loose ball
    • 19' Eagles lifts another ball into the box from the right wing, but it's headed well clear. West Ham need to work much, much harder. Burnley are breaking through the midfield at ease
    • 18' Hitzlsperger breaks for the Hammers, and finds Sears in space in the right channel. Michael Duff comes inside from the Burnley left to make a super sliding challenge, and Burnley are back on the ball
    • 17' Rodriguez can't find space in the box, and passes back out to Mears on the wing. The linesman's flag is up, though, and West Ham will get some respite!
    • 16' West Ham looking fragile now. Mears reaches the byline on the right wing, and squares towards Rodriguez in the box
    • 15' Reid goes off to change his boot (don't be blaming your boots, son!) as Burnley line up another attack. Wallace carries the ball inside from the right wing, and SHOOTS FROM RANGE! SAVED BY GREEN! He can't hold onto it though, and spills the ball to ELLIOTT! SAVED AGAIN BY GREEN! Tremendous from the West Ham keeper - Burnley should be ahead!
    • 14' And it's Burnley's turn to counter now. Eagles plays a fine ball into the box, and Reid dawdles underneath it five yards out! Green doesn't come to claim it, and RODRIGUEZ IS THERE TO HEAD GOALWARDS! TIPPED OVER THE BAR BY GREEN!
    • 14' Hitzlsperger is given an age on the ball inside Burnley's half, and picks out Scott Parker 25 yards out. The former Chelsea midfielder takes a touch, and SHOOTS! Well wide of the left post. Didn't catch that right at all
    • 13' Burnley fail to test Green from the corner, and West Ham counter
    • 12' Lofted towards the far post... and headed behind for a corner by Wayne Bridge
    • 11' Rodriguez causing some problems here early on - and Tomkins is getting a little too close to him when Burnley break. Elliott with the ball wide left for the visitors
    • 10' Ross Wallace launches the ball up the left flank for Rodriguez to chase, and he reaches it ahead of the scampering Robert Green! He gets a weak touch on the ball to send it goalwards, but Winston Reid is back to clear the danger
    • 9' Sears loses out deep in Burnley's half, and Eagles lifts the ball up the line to Jay Rodriguez, who wins a throw
    • 9' Sears and Hitzlsperger combine on the right, before switching to the left wing
    • 8' Looped into the middle of the 18-yard box... and punched clear by Grant
    • 8' West Ham with a corner now, after Ba's shot from Freddie Sears's through-ball was deflected wide
    • 7' Carlton Cole cuts onto his left foot from the left wing, and loops the ball to Hitzlsperger at the back stick! The German brings the ball under control, but mis-cues a half-volley and it's out for a goal kick! Smashing ball
    • 6' Jack Cork picks up possession on the left wing, but the eventual ball in is headed clear and West Ham counter!
    • 6' Taken back to Dean Marney, but Sears fails to beat Tompkins with a curled cross in from the right
    • 5' Swung expertly to the back stick... and headed out for a throw by Tomkins
    • 4' Eagles cuts inside from the right wing, and passes forwards to the overlapping Tyrone Mears. His cross is deflected out by Tomkins for a corner...
    • 4' Burnley clear, and Eddie Howe furiously motions to his players from the sidelines
    • 3' West Ham continue to push early on, and Hitzlsperger wins a corner with a deflected cross. The high ball is paying dividends for the Hammers early on
    • 2' Demba Ba almost gets onto the end of a long ball over the Burnley defence from James Tomkins, but Lee Grant is swiftly off his line to catch the ball
    • 1' Chris Eagles switches to Wade Elliott on the left wing, whose first-time volley trickles well wide of the left post
    • 1' We're underway, in the first Monday night FA Cup clash at Upton Park in 20 years! West Ham playing from right to left in their traditional blue and claret, Burnley wear white.
    • 19:55 Avram Grant on Hitzlsperger, who has been out injured since the summer with a thigh injury: "He was our main target before the league started... he can add a a lot to us tonight". The atmosphere at Upton Park tonight is typically electric! Five minutes to kick-off
    • 19:50 The referee tonight will be Martin Atkinson
    • 19:45 We've got 15 to go until kick-off! Avram Grant and Eddie Howe have both named strong sides tonight, and Hitzlsperger is indeed handed a starting berth for the Hammers. West Ham are 8/11 to win tonight, Burnley 7/2
    • 19:40 BURNLEY: Grant, Mears, Duff, Carlisle, Fox, Elliott, Cork, Eagles, Marney, Wallace, and Rodriguez. Subs: Jensen, Alexander, Iwelumo, Edgar, Bikey, Easton, Thompson
    • 19:35 WEST HAM: Green, Reid, Tomkins, Jacobsen, Bridge, Sears, Parker, Noble, Hitzlsperger, Cole, and Ba. Subs: Boffin, Barrera, Boa Morte, Spector, da Costa, Hines, Piquionne
    • 19:30 STAT! 21 - Burnley have won just two of their last 21 FA Cup games away against top-flight opposition; 15 of those ending in a defeat (Opta)
    • 19:25 West Ham are expected to hand Thomas Hitzlsperger a debut tonight, but loan striker Robbie Keane is unavailable through a calf injury. Burnley defender David Edgar - who came close to leaving Burnley for Swansea in January - could line up for the visitors at Upton Park, as recent signings Charlie Austin and Marvin Bartley are both cup-tied.
    • 19:20 Burnley are one of two Championship sides left in the FA Cup (Reading face Everton on March 1), and are currently only nine places beneath West Ham in England's football ladder going into this evening's clash! The Hammers sit second bottom of the Premier League, while Burnley are eighth in the Championship.
    • 19:15 Good evening and welcome to our live coverage of West Ham's FA Cup fifth round clash with Burnley at Upton Park!

  • Summary

    • 90+3' GOOOAL! INSULT TO INJURY FOR BURNLEY - SEARS MAKES IT FIVE FOR WEST HAM! A scything move from West Ham, straight through the heart of Burnley's midfield, and Sears drills the ball into the top right corner
    • 90+2' Mears tries his luck with a cross from the right, and IWELUMO MEETS IT WITH A HEADER! HEADED OFF THE LINE BY REID!
    • 79' Ba spins in behind Carlisle - again playing very high - and latches to a long ball over the top. He SHOOTS FIRST TIME! TIPPED OVER THE BAR BY GRANT!
    • 71' GOOAL! BURNLEY GET ONE BACK! And that is an ugly, ugly goal. Mears puts Wayne Bridge under real pressue on the left byline, and Bridge plays a horrendous short backpass to Green. Green hoofs the ball smack into Mears, and the ball falls for Rodriguez to nod into an empty net.
    • 69' Rodriguez is slipped through into the centre by Elliott, and SHOOTS! JUST OVER THE TOP RIGHT CORNER!
    • 61' Ba receives the ball wide right in space, and he charges into the box and SHOOTS! TIPPED AROUND THE RIGHT POST BY GRANT! Cracking effort, even better save
    • 59' GOOOOAL! Hitzlsperger's ball into the box is glanced in at the near post by Winston Reid!
    • 55' Ba charges forwards through the middle of the pitch for the Hammers, and he's got Cole to his left and Sears to his right! He eventually plays right to Sears, who cuts back onto his left foot and SHOOTS! Straight at Lee Grant
    • 54' Eagles cuts inside from the left, and SHOOTS WITH HIS RIGHT FOOT! Wide of the left post from 20 yards. Again, a decent effort, but just not quite good enough
    • 50' GOOOAL! COLE MAKES IT THREE! The big striker catches the high Burnley defence napping again, and this time brings the ball under control with a lovely first touch, before slamming the ball into the top rigth corner. Cracking goal, shocking defence
    • 48' GOOOOAL! It's a shocker, but West Ham have doubled the lead! Cole srpings the offside trap to bring down a high ball over the top, but Grant comes out to smother the ball at his feet. Grant loses the ball though, and Cole knocks it into the back of the net from on the floor!
    • 45+1' Burnley with the ball on the right now, with Mears. Mears swings the ball to the back stick, and Green misses it with a flailing fist! Reid does hack the ball clear, under pressure, and that's a let-off for West Ham!
    • 45' Jacobsen cuts the ball inside from the right wing to Sears, who carries the ball three yards across the edge of the penalty area and SHOOTS! WIDE OF THE LEFT POST!
    • 41' Wallace slips the ball along the right channel, inside Bridge for Mears to chase into the box! Mears reaches it ahead of Green, and squares across the face of goal... hacked clear! Brilliant movement from Burnley, but well defended by Winston Reid
    • 34' Fox then pings a ball along the same flank, which is beautifully flicked on to Eagles by Rodriguez 20 yards out. Eagles takes a look up and SHOOTS! SAVED BY GREEN LOW TO HIS LEFT! Cracking effort - well saved
    • 24' GOOOOOAL! HITZLSPERGER SCORES A SCREAMER ON HIS DEBUT! The German receives the ball in the right channel, the Burnley defenders stand off, and he rifles a right-foot into the top left corner of Lee Grant's goal! 1-0 West Ham!
    • 15' Reid goes off to change his boot (don't be blaming your boots, son!) as Burnley line up another attack. Wallace carries the ball inside from the right wing, and SHOOTS FROM RANGE! SAVED BY GREEN! He can't hold onto it though, and spills the ball to ELLIOTT! SAVED AGAIN BY GREEN! Tremendous from the West Ham keeper - Burnley should be ahead!
    • 10' Ross Wallace launches the ball up the left flank for Rodriguez to chase, and he reaches it ahead of the scampering Robert Green! He gets a weak touch on the ball to send it goalwards, but Winston Reid is back to clear the danger
    • 7' Carlton Cole cuts onto his left foot from the left wing, and loops the ball to Hitzlsperger at the back stick! The German brings the ball under control, but mis-cues a half-volley and it's out for a goal kick! Smashing ball
    • 19:40 BURNLEY: Grant, Mears, Duff, Carlisle, Fox, Elliott, Cork, Eagles, Marney, Wallace, and Rodriguez. Subs: Jensen, Alexander, Iwelumo, Edgar, Bikey, Easton, Thompson
    • 19:35 WEST HAM: Green, Reid, Tomkins, Jacobsen, Bridge, Sears, Parker, Noble, Hitzlsperger, Cole, and Ba. Subs: Boffin, Barrera, Boa Morte, Spector, da Costa, Hines, Piquionne

Team Line-up & Ratings

  • Line-up

    Live Team Line-Up

    • Starting line-up

      • R. Green
      • W. Reid Goal
      • J. Tomkins
      • L. Jacobsen
      • W. Bridge
      • S. Parker
      • M. Noble
      • F. Sears Goal
      • T. Hitzlsperger Goal Substitution Out (67′)
      • C. Cole Goals×2 Substitution Out (73′)
      • D. Ba Substitution Out (82′)

      Subs

      • F. Piquionne Substitution In82′
      • L. Boa Morte
      • J. Spector Substitution In73′
      • R. Boffin
      • M. da Costa
      • Z. Hines
      • P. Barrera Substitution In67′

    • Starting line-up

      • L. Grant
      • T. Mears
      • M. Duff
      • C. Carlisle
      • D. Fox
      • J. Cork
      • C. Eagles Substitution Out (84′)
      • W. Elliott Yellow Card
      • D. Marney Substitution Out (72′)
      • R. Wallace Substitution Out (73′)
      • J. Rodriguez Goal Yellow Card

      Subs

      • C. Iwelumo Substitution In73′
      • S. Thompson Substitution In84′
      • A. Bikey
      • D. Edgar
      • B. Jensen
      • G. Alexander Substitution In72′
      • B. Easton

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