West Ham United scored all five penalties in the shoot-out
Five perfect penalties saw West Ham United beat Brentford and earn a first Emirates FA Cup quarter-final in ten years after the sides played out an entertaining 2-2 draw.
Key men scored for both sides in the opening half as Jarrod Bowen netted a brace, including a penalty, either side of Igor Thiago’s 20th goal of the season.
Thiago then matched Bowen with a penalty of his own to level with eight minutes to go to ensure extra time and then penalties.
Dango Ouattara had the only miss of the spot kicks, with Konstantinos Mavropanos striking the winning penalty to set up a last-eight meeting with Leeds United.
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Bowen was involved early on, seeing an effort deflected behind for a corner before Ollie Scarles sent a shot wide.
Adama Traore displayed his turn of pace to full effect as he sprinted half the length of the pitch, but his lung-busting effort was not rewarded with a shot on target.
It mattered little as they went ahead in the 20th minute through Bowen, who initially saw a corner headed away but only to Mateus Fernandes.
He then sent a ball into the six-yard box, and Tomas Soucek was there to head it down before Bowen poked it home.
Brentford had been the better team up to that point, and their endeavour was rewarded as Nathan Collins did most of the work for the equaliser.
The Bees captain headed the ball towards goal before Thiago unintentionally chested the ball into the back of the net.
West Ham were level for less than five minutes after a clumsy Michael Kayode challenge saw Traore brought down in the box with Bowen dispatching the ball from the spot.
That's the way to win it 😱
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Konstantinos Mavropanos wins the penalty shootout for @WestHam to send them to the #EmiratesFACup quarter-finals!
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The visitors saw a penalty claim of their own not given by VAR after Kevin Schade was brought down in the box by Fernandes.
Having seen his goal swiped by Thiago, Collins had a chance to get his name on the scoresheet, but his header was cleared by Scarles.
Despite leading, West Ham brought on the in-form attacker Crysencio Summerville at the restart, and he was involved in the best chance at the beginning of the second half.
He wiggled his way into space before firing a shot away, which hit Kayode and landed on the roof of the net.
It was at the opposite end that Summerville had the biggest impact as he was penalised for a push on Kayode with Thiago firing the penalty past Alphonse Areola.
Both teams then seemed to accept the reality of extra time, and, it looked like, penalties until the stroke of half time in extra time.
Teenager Romelle Donovan had an opportunity to put Brentford ahead, but he gave his shot too much power.
After the restart, substitute Callum Wilson almost scored seconds after coming on, but was denied by Caoimhin Kelleher.
Despite a frantic late flurry from West Ham, the game did indeed go to spot kicks, and Brentford and Ouattara were the first to blink with a botched Panenka effort.
The Irons, meanwhile, remained perfect to become the final team to earn their place in the quarter-finals.
