Burnley 0-2 West Ham Utd

  • by Staff Writer
  • Tuesday, 29th October 2013

West Ham are through to the next round of the Capital One Cup - but were made to work for the win by a hard-working Burnley side.

Two second half penalties were enough to see the Hammers through to the next stage of the competition, as Sam Allardyce's side weathered a Burnley storm before seeing off the Championship leaders.

The home side, unbeaten at home in their previous 13 outings controlled the first half but were ultimately made to pay for failing to make the most of their dominance against a West Ham team featuring nine changes from that which drew at Swansea just 48 hours earlier.

Having survived a scare in the 67th minute when Kieran Trippier's 20-yard free kick crashed off the crossbar, the Hammers finally broke the deadlock with just 14 minutes of normal time remaining.

Kevin Nolan, one of three first team players introduced in the second period was awarded a spot kick after he was felled by Claret's defender Jason Shackell. The defender's furious protests were rewarded with a yellow card before Matt Taylor smashed the ball into the left-hand corner of Tom Heaton's net.

Passage into the quarter finals of the competition was finally assured when the Hammers were awarded another penalty in the second minute of added-on time.

A United counter attack drew a mistake from 'keeper Heaton which left Hammers sub Jack Collison with a clear run on goal. As the Welsh international prepared to pull the trigger he was taken down by a rash challenge from Keith Treacy, who was subsequently issued with a red card.

Collison - making his first appearance for West Ham since returning from a month-long loan spell at Bournemouth - dusted himself off before putting his spot kick into the same area as team mate Taylor had before him to secure a 2-0 win; a comfortable win on the face of it, but one for which United had to work hard to secure.

* The draw for the quarter finals of the Capital One Cup will be made live on Sky Sports tomorrow [Wednesday] night, following the fourth round tie between Newcastle and Man City.

West Ham's opponents will be one of the following:

Chelsea; Stoke City; Leicester City; Manchester Utd; Newcastle Utd or Manchester City; Tottenham or Hull City; Sunderland or Southampton.

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