Lincoln City 0-1 West Ham: Tomas Soucek spares Hammers blushes

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Lincoln City 0-1 West Ham: Tomas Soucek’s late strike spares Hammers blushes, while Chelsea and Fulham also advance in the Carabao Cup

  • West Ham left it late against Lincoln to advance to the Carabao Cup fourth round 
  • Hammers midfielder Tomas Soucek scored the game’s only goal
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Tomas Soucek’s second-half goal ensured West Ham overcame a tough test in the Carabao Cup third round at Lincoln with a 1-0 victory.

This was nothing other than ‘job done’ for the Hammers as Soucek’s 70th-minute strike from a corner booked their place in the next round.

Boss David Moyes made a host of changes to his side but Soucek was one of his Premier League starters who was involved and that proved vital while goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski also made a number of good saves.

Lincoln went for it in the final 15 minutes in a bid to force penalties and Dylan Duffy tested Fabianksi with a stinging shot from distance, which the keeper met with a full-length save.

West Ham were able to see it out to make it through to the fourth round for the fourth successive year.

Tomas Soucek’s second-half goal ensured West Ham overcame a tough test in the Carabao Cup third round

West Ham are through to the fourth round of the Carabao Cup as the Hammers wrapped up victory on the road

Fulham 2-1 Norwich

Marco Silva’s side had too much on the night for the Championship visitors as goals from Carlos Vinicius and Alex Iwobi were enough to take them forward in the competition.

Fulham dominated for large parts of the game as the hosts enjoyed 70 per cent possession and were perhaps left frustrated after a lack of accuracy resulted in only three out of 17 shots going on-target.

Norwich substitute Borja Sainz threatened a comeback for the visitors but it was too little too late as David Wagner’s side crashed out the League Cup.

West Ham will play Arsenal in the next round. 

Fulham dominated proceedings against Norwich in their third round cup clash

Chelsea 1-0 Bournemouth

The pressure was seriously mounting on Mauricio Pochettino and still is, but Wednesday’s hard-fought cup win was a rare reason to celebrate.

Nicolas Jackson’s 50th-minute strike was met with relief inside Stamford Bridge as a much-changed Brighton side struggled to ever really get going.

Cole Palmer provided the assist for Jackson’s goal while Mykhailo Mudryk also benefitted from being handed a rare start as Pochettino rotated his squad.

Chelsea will play Blackburn Rovers in the next round. 

Chelsea earned a deserved 1-0 win over Brighton at Stamford Bridge in the Carabao Cup

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