West Ham and Brentford ousted from FA Cup as Fifth-tier Eastleigh’s dream of enjoying Man United ends

Premier League groups West Ham and Brentford exited the FA Cup on Tuesday as fifth-tier Eastleigh’s dream of internet hosting the mighty Manchester United within the fourth spherical was extinguished.

West Ham United's Greek defender Konstantinos Mavropanos (L) fights for the ball with Bristol City's Albanian midfielder Anis Mehmeti(AFP)
West Ham United’s Greek defender Konstantinos Mavropanos (L) fights for the ball with Bristol City’s Albanian midfielder Anis Mehmeti(AFP)

West Ham misplaced 1-0 at second-tier Bristol City in one in every of 5 third-round replays, with the one objective coming within the third minute following a defensive mistake from Konstantinos Mavropanos. The guests additionally had Said Benrahma despatched off early within the second half for kicking out at an opponent.

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Brentford was crushed 3-2 after additional time by Wolverhampton in an all-Premier League matchup at Molineux. Brazil striker Matheus Cunha scored the clinching objective from the penalty spot in first-half stoppage time in additional time, with the match ending 2-2 in regulation.

Wolves will play native rival West Bromwich Albion subsequent.

Luton was the opposite top-flight group in motion and needed to come from behind to win 2-1 at third-tier Bolton. Tahith Chong and Chiedozie Ogbene scored for Luton.

Eastleigh, which is in eleventh place within the National League, was trying to arrange a profitable assembly with Man United and some of the mismatched video games within the latest historical past of the competitors.

However, a 3-1 house loss to Newport County means will probably be the fourth-tier membership from Wales taking up Erik ten Hag’s group on Jan. 28. Newport, which is in seventeenth place in League Two, misplaced to Tottenham within the fourth spherical in 2018 and Manchester City within the fifth spherical in 2019.

Source web site: www.hindustantimes.com

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