West Ham United crashed out of the Carabao Cup at the third round stage on Wednesday night after a penalty shootout defeat to Blackburn Rovers.
Following a 2-2 draw in 90 minutes, where Pablo Fornals and Michail Antonio scored in between strikes from Jack Vale and Ben Brereton Diaz, a penalty shootout followed where after 19 consecutive perfect spot-kicks, Hammers centre-back Angelo Ogbonna saw his effort denied by the crossbar to give Rovers a 10-9 shootout victory.
For West Ham, it was the first time they had exited a cup competition under David Moyes to lower league opposition since January 2020, just weeks after Moyes’ second spell at the club began.
