Carabao Cup: West Ham 2-2 Blackburn (9-10 pens)

Jack Vale — Blackburn are second in the Championship, while West Ham are 15th in the Premier League

Championship side Blackburn Rovers moved into the last 16 of the Carabao Cup as they beat West Ham 10-9 in an epic penalty shootout.

The match finished 2-2 after 90 minutes, and 19 penalties were scored before Angelo Ogbonna hit the crossbar.

Blackburn had taken the lead after only six minutes through Jack Vale’s calm finish, before Pablo Fornals levelled.

Michail Antonio’s low shot made it 2-1 but Ben Brereton Diaz’s 88th-minute equaliser took the tie to penalties.

Blackburn won the League Cup in 2002 and are now on their best run in the competition since 2011-12, when they reached the quarter-finals.

The draw for the last 16 will take place on Thursday, following the final third-round tie between Manchester United and Aston Villa at Old Trafford.

With West Ham 15th in the Premier League and Blackburn second in the Championship, both managers opted to change their entire starting 11s from their previous matches.

The visitors took a sixth-minute lead as Tayo Edun’s through ball was finished by Vale, but Fornals equalised in the 38th minute after Blackburn failed to deal with Antonio’s cross.

West Ham, who have never won this competition, looked to be heading through to the last 16 when Antonio’s low strike found the back of the net with only 12 minutes to go.

But Chile international Brereton Diaz blasted in a late leveller before a high-quality penalty shootout.

With only the goalkeepers still to take a spot-kick, Ogbonna became the only player to miss, hitting the crossbar as the Hammers were eliminated and Blackburn advanced.

Line-ups

West Ham

Formation 3-4-3

13Aréola
2Johnson
27Aguerd
21Ogbonna
5CoufalSubstituted forBowenat 77′minutes
32CoventrySubstituted forBenrahmaat 65′minutes
10Lanzini
33EmersonSubstituted forCresswellat 90+2′minutes
12Downes
9Antonio
8FornalsSubstituted forScamaccaat 77′minutes

Substitutes

3Cresswell
4Zouma
7Scamacca
15Dawson
20Bowen
22Benrahma
28Soucek
35Randolph
47Hegyi

Blackburn

Formation 4-2-3-1

13Pears
11Rankin-Costello
17CarterBooked at 9mins
15MolaSubstituted forHyamat 79′minutes
7Edun
21Buckley
36WhartonSubstituted forGarrettat 45′minutes
18MarkandaySubstituted forSzmodicsat 59′minutesBooked at 76mins
23DackSubstituted forBreretonat 59′minutes
10Dolan
29ValeSubstituted forHirstat 85′minutes

Substitutes

1Kaminski
5Hyam
6Morton
8Szmodics
14Hirst
22Brereton
30Garrett
33Phillips
40Batty

Live Text

Match ends, West Ham United 2(9), Blackburn Rovers 2(10).
Penalty Shootout ends, West Ham United 2(9), Blackburn Rovers 2(10).
Penalty missed! Still West Ham United 2(9), Blackburn Rovers 2(10). Angelo Ogbonna (West Ham United) hits the bar with a left footed shot.
Goal! West Ham United 2(9), Blackburn Rovers 2(10). Jake Garrett (Blackburn Rovers) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Goal! West Ham United 2(9), Blackburn Rovers 2(9). Nayef Aguerd (West Ham United) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Goal! West Ham United 2(8), Blackburn Rovers 2(9). George Hirst (Blackburn Rovers) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Goal! West Ham United 2(8), Blackburn Rovers 2(8). Flynn Downes (West Ham United) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Goal! West Ham United 2(7), Blackburn Rovers 2(8). Hayden Carter (Blackburn Rovers) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Goal! West Ham United 2(7), Blackburn Rovers 2(7). Aaron Cresswell (West Ham United) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Goal! West Ham United 2(6), Blackburn Rovers 2(7). Joe Rankin-Costello (Blackburn Rovers) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Goal! West Ham United 2(6), Blackburn Rovers 2(6). Ben Johnson (West Ham United) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
Goal! West Ham United 2(5), Blackburn Rovers 2(6). Tayo Edun (Blackburn Rovers) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the top right corner.
Goal! West Ham United 2(5), Blackburn Rovers 2(5). Manuel Lanzini (West Ham United) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
Goal! West Ham United 2(4), Blackburn Rovers 2(5). Sammie Szmodics (Blackburn Rovers) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Goal! West Ham United 2(4), Blackburn Rovers 2(4). Michail Antonio (West Ham United) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Goal! West Ham United 2(3), Blackburn Rovers 2(4). John Buckley (Blackburn Rovers) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Goal! West Ham United 2(3), Blackburn Rovers 2(3). Gianluca Scamacca (West Ham United) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Goal! West Ham United 2(2), Blackburn Rovers 2(3). Tyrhys Dolan (Blackburn Rovers) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Goal! West Ham United 2(2), Blackburn Rovers 2(2). Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Goal! West Ham United 2(1), Blackburn Rovers 2(2). Dominic Hyam (Blackburn Rovers) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.