West Ham set up a fifth-round match at Manchester United in the FA Cup by beating third-tier Derby 2-0 on Monday. (More Football News)
Jarrod Bowen scored one goal and set up thꦺe other for Michail Antonio in a comfortable win for the English Premier League team at Pride Park.
West Ham avoided becoming the 12th top-flight 🎃club🎐 to exit the competition before the last 16.
Man United and West Ham met at Old Trafford in th🦩e fifth round two years ago, with United advancing with a 1-0 win.
Bowen said he found out West Ham’s next opponent was United only after he was sub♚stituted midway༺ through the second half.
“I asked Dec (teammateꦬ Declan Rice) and he said, ‘We’ve got United away,’” Bowen said.
“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 won three of its last four games — two of those victories coming in the FA Cup — to ease⛦ some of the pressure on manager David Moyes.
Bowen, who scored twice in a league win over Everton in West Ham’s last match, put the visitors ahead with a close-range volley afte🍌r the ball was helped on by Tomas Soucek.
Antonio had the simple task🔴 of heading ﷺhome into an unguarded net in the 50th minute after Bowen’s cross from the right deflected into the striker’s path.
