It’s Southampton who will advance to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup after a brilliant home performance, in which they run out 3-1 winners.
Perraud set the ball rolling in the first half with a brilliant strike from 30 yards out past a helpless Areola to put his side in front.
The Hammers got themselves level on 60 minutes, as Caballero flapped at a Bowen corner before Antonio stabbed the ball in to make it 1-1.
The Saints were quickly back in front, though, after Dawson felled Broja in the box.
The penalty was initially not given by referee Marriner, but Ref awarded the spot-kick after a lengthy VAR check.
The reliable Ward-Prowse stepped up, and he made no mistake as he fired his penalty straight down the middle.
Caballero made an unbelievable save late to deny Dawson and Broja killed the game off in added time.
He cut onto his right foot before finishing into the bottom corner to make it 3-1 and make sure it’s his side who advance.
Starting Lineup:
SOUTHAMPTON (4-4-2): Willy Caballero;
Kyle Walkers-Peters, Yan Valery, Jack Stephens, Romain Perraud;
William Smallbone, James Ward-Prowse, Ibrahima Diallo, Moussa Djenepo;
Adam Armstrong, Shane Long.
SUBS: Che Adams, Stuart Armstrong, Jan Bednarek, Armando Broja,
Harry Lewis, Valentino Livramento, Nathan Redmond, Oriol Romeu, Theo Walcott.
WEST HAM (3-4-3): Alphonse Areola;
Craig Dawson, Kurt Zouma, Issa Diop;
Ben Johnson, Tomas Soucek, Declan Rice, Pablo Fornals;
Jarrod Bowen, Michail Antonio, Manuel Lanzini.
SUBS: Ajibola Alese, Said Benrahma, Daniel Chesters, Pierre Ekwah, Alex Kral,
Armstrong Oboflex, Sonny Perkins, Darren Randolph, Nikola Vlasic.
What lies ahead for Southampton and West Ham?
The Saints get themselves into the hat for the competition’s quarter-finals and will eagerly await the draw on Thursday, 3rd March.
It’s the first time they have reached the last eight of the FA Cup in consecutive seasons since the 1904/05 and 1905/06 campaigns, and they will fancy their chances of going even further after an excellent performance here.
The visitors will now turn their focus to their Europa League and Premier League campaigns.
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