Daily WHUFC News - 23rd September 2015

Leicester City 2-1 West Ham United
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Leicester City 2-1 West Ham United

West Ham United fell to a 2-1 defeat away at Leicester City as the Hammers
were knocked out of the Capital One Cup. In a highly exciting and frantic
match, the Foxes secured the win in extra-time thanks to a late headed goal
by Captain Andy King. The hosts initially took the lead after just six
minutes as Joe Dodoo fired home from the edge of the box. However the
Hammers were not behind for long as Mauro Zarate netted a fine equaliser on
27 minutes. With chances aplenty for both sides, the Foxes enjoyed the
lions' share of attempts and eventually made their dominance count with four
minutes of extra time remaining. Slaven Bilic made three changes to the team
that beat Manchester City on Saturday. In came James Collins, Mauro Zarate
and Andy Carroll, a welcome first start since February, replacing Winston
Reid, Dimitri Payet and Diafra Sakho. However it was Claudio Ranieri's
decision to change ten of the personnel who drew away at Stoke City that
made the first impact as Joe Dodoo slotted calmly past Adrian - his fourth
goal in the Capital One Cup already. The hosts continued to press and Andrej
Kramaric really should have doubled their lead, he did superbly to bamboozle
the West Ham defence however his chipped effort was tame.

In a remarkably open game, the Hammers got themselves back into the tie with
a fine strike from Mauro Zarate. The Argentinian linked well with fellow
countrymen Manuel Lanzini before unleashing a fierce drive. It took a slight
deflection but the Irons were not about to complain. 1-1, game on.

Buoyed from his first goal in Claret and Blue on Saturday, Victor Moses
continued to impress. He was a willing runner all evening, he won a
free-kick on the edge of box which Cresswell curled menacingly however Mark
Schwarzer palmed it down with Carroll lurking with intent.

The second period began much in the same manner as Leicester started the
brighter yet the Hammers grew into it.

Andy King forced an excellent save from Adrian while Lanzini and Moses were
constant menaces. The Nigerian winger had a strong claim for a penalty
turned down while Lanzini went agonizingly close to setting up Carroll.

Lanzini, once again, proved the instigator as he started a succession of
one-two passes with Payet and then Zarate. The move was begging to be
finished but Leicester cleared there lines in the nick of time.
Despite both team's both efforts, and tiring legs, neither side could force
a winner in the normal 90 minutes so extra-time ensued.

As the tension and excitement mounted, Leicester's fresher legs started to
pay off. However Adrian was at his magnificent, scintillating best. He saved
everything that the Foxes threw at him; including a one-on-one with Riyad
Mahrez he had almost no hope of saving.

Yet the Spaniard had other ideas and he kept his side in the tie. The Foxes
continually knocked on the door yet somehow they struggled to make their
dominance count.

With five minutes to go, the Hammers had their best chance of extra-time.
Kouyate took it from the touchline to the six-yard box and pulled it back to
Noble whose shot flew narrowly over.

Just as it looked like penalties would decide matters, Leicester captain
Andy King guided Fuchs' cross back past Adrian with a cushioned header.

The King Power roared in unison, meanwhile the Hammers will have to pick
themselves up quickly as they face Norwich City on Saturday 26 September.

Leicester City: Schwarzer, King C, Albrighton (Schlupp 67), Simpson,
Kramaric (Mahrez 82), Ulloa, Wasilewski, Fuchs, Benalouane, Inler, Dodoo
(Kante 82)

Subs: Schmeichel, de Laet, Chilwell, Blyth

Bookings: Fuchs, Simpson, Schlupp, Wasilewski

Goals: Dodoo 6, King 116

West Ham United: Adrian, Cresswell, Tomkins, Carroll (Payet 62), Zarate
(Kouyate 76), Jenkinson, Obiang (Reid 113), Noble C, Collins, Moses, Lanzini

Subs: Randolph, Oxford, Lee, Cullen

Bookings: Zarate, Obiang, Noble

Goals: Zarate 27

Referee: Peter Bankes

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Bilic frustrated by extra-time exit
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Slaven Bilic cut a frustrated figure following West Ham United's Capital One
Cup third-round exit at Leicester City. The Hammers saw their hopes of
advancing ended in cruel fashion as Andy King headed the unbeaten Foxes
through four minutes from the end of extra time.
Earlier, Mauro Zarate had cancelled out Joe Dodoo's early opener in a
see-saw first half before the West Ham saw two penalty appeals turned down
for challenges on Victor Moses and Mark Noble - who was booked for
simulation. Leicester created the better chances on the night, and could
have secured their passage earlier had it not been for the heroics of
Adrian, but the Spaniard was denied the chance to be a shootout hero again
when King nodded Christian Fuchs' left-wing cross high into the top corner.
"It's a big disappointment of course, because we approached this game and
this competition with the aim to go through," Bilic told West Ham TV. "We
knew it was going to be tough because we were playing against a team which
is unbeaten and on their own ground, but when you fight and concede a goal
with three minutes to go in extra time of course you are disappointed. "It
was a very open game. To be fair they started well and were better than us
in the first 20 minutes. We weren't aggressive enough and were second best
and they scored a goal very early. "Then we started playing a bit better and
from the 20th minute until the end of the 90 minutes, we were good. We
created but unfortunately we didn't score. Then, in extra time, they created
the chances and we were a little bit tired. "They could have scored earlier
because of a couple of mistakes, and Adrian made a couple of really good
saves."

When asked if his team should have had a penalty when Noble appeared to be
fouled by Danny Simpson in the tenth minute of extra time, only to be shown
a yellow card for simulation instead. "I think definitely we should have had
one for the one on Mark Noble because he had no reason whatsoever to go
down," the manager observed. "For me it was a clear penalty and that was a
crucial moment in the game."

On a disappointing night, there was a positive in the sight of Andy Carroll
making his first start since February. "That was really good to see, Andy
coming back from injury and starting the game after a long, long injury," he
agreed. West Ham will hope to return to winning ways when they host Norwich
City at a sold out Boleyn Ground in the Barclays Premier League on Saturday
afternoon.

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Carroll's pleased to be back
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West Ham United may have exited the Capital One Cup at the third round stage
on Tuesday night, but one positive was the sight of Andy Carroll starting a
game again.

The striker made his first appearance from the off since injuring his knee
in February and played over an hour as Slaven Bilic's men were defeated 2-1
by Leicester City for the second time this season.

While Carroll was naturally disappointed with the end result, he was pleased
to take another big step forward in his return to the fold.

"Obviously we're disappointed with the result, but to get 60 minutes under
my belt was good," he explained.

"I didn't get on against Manchester City and only had two minutes against
Newcastle, so an hour is good and I feel fantastic.

"I felt good before I went out there. I've been training well and trying to
get as fit as I can. I've been raring to start and was itching to get on
last week as well, so it was pleasing to start at Leicester."

Having watched from the sidelines as the Hammers scored 13 goals in their
opening six Barclays Premier League games, Carroll is thrilled to be joining
such a talented attacking unit.

He continued: "We're a great team at the minute and the lads are playing
well. They've got some great results apart from on Tuesday and as an
attacking force they've been fantastic. It's good to be a part of it.

"I've been looking forward since the start of the season to be back and now
I am.

"That's what I've wanted and what I've worked hard for. So now I'm trying to
get in the starting eleven and stay there."

As for the defeat to Leicester, Carroll admitted he thought the momentum was
with the Hammers when they brought it back to 1-1 through Mauro Zarate.

He added: "When it went to 1-1, I think all the lads felt we'd go on to win
it, especially with the way we've been playing.

"They got at us after half time and we were on the back foot for a lot of
the second half. We did try to counter attack and had a couple of chances,
but at the end of the day they scored a great header at the end of extra
time and we're out.

"The Premier League is the most important thing. Obviously we didn't go to
Leicester to get beaten, but we've just got to focus on the Premier League
and make sure we carry on from the Man City game."

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Leicester City 2-1 West Ham Utd (aet)
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Filed: Wednesday, 23rd September 2015
By: Staff Writer

West Ham are out of the Capital One Cup at the first attempt after falling
to Andy King's late late winner.

Slaven Bilic's team suffered a second defeat against Leicester within the
space of a month at the King Power Stadium tonight when goalkeeper Adrian
was finally beaten three minutes from the end of extra time in what was
essentially a 'next-goal-wins' scenario.

Once again the game ended in a 2-1 defeat for West Ham, who were denied the
chance to win the tie in normal time when Mark Noble was booked for diving
despite being felled in the penalty area by a clumsy lunge from a Foxes
defender.

The home side, who were without key striker Jamie Vardy (rested) took the
lead through Joe Dodoo after just six minutes. Pedro Obiang's attempted
clearance cannoned back off a Leicester striker into the path of the
youngster, who steered the ball beyond West Ham's goalkeeper Adrian.

But West Ham drew level just ahead of the half-hour mark when Manuel Lanzini
found his compatriot Mauro Zarate on the edge of the box. A clever turn by
the striker provided him the space to shoot and he left Mark Schwarzer
grasping at thin air with a finely-placed effort into the corner - albeit
via a notable deflection off Marcin Wasilewski.

West Ham ended the second half in similar style to the first but crucially,
failed to find the goal to end the tie in normal time. Like Noble, Victor
Moses could also have been awarded a penalty for the same challenge on
another night - but it wasn't to be.

Adrian - who had made three crucial saves in the opening 90 minutes - found
himself under a deluge - in similar circumstances to the second half at The
Etihad last weekend - once extra time commenced.

The Foxes battered a weary West Ham team for the entire 30 minutes of
additional time and the only surprise was that it took them so long to
score.

Adrian, inspirational and key to ensuring West Ham remained in the tie for
so long had performed heroics, but he was finally (unjustly?) beaten with
only three minutes remaining before a penalty shooutout would have been
required.

Christian Fuchs, who was one of several Leicester players to take full
advantage of West Ham's tiredness in extra time clipped a ball into the
centre. Met by a glancing header from King, it looped over the Spanish
'keeper and into the far corner of his net. Game over.

For Slaven Bilic it was a disappointing and abrupt end to a tournament he
felt the club had the potential to do well in. We are very disappointed
because we approached this competition with the aim to win, " he said.

"They started better than us but then after that, for the normal 90 minutes,
we were a bit better than them. But in extra time we started to get tired
and when you concede a goal with four minutes left, you are very
disappointed."

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Leicester City 2-1 West Ham (aet): King's late header preserves Foxes'
unbeaten run
Last Updated: 22/09/15 10:46pm
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Leicester City beat West Ham United 2-1 after extra time in the Capital One
Cup third round thanks to Andy King's last-gasp header at the King Power
Stadium.

The game was level after 90 minutes, with Joe Dodoo opening the scoring
early on for the home side, before Mauro Zarate levelled matters up just
before the half-hour mark.

However, with the tie heading towards penalties, midfielder King rose
majestically to head Claudio Ranieri's side into the fourth-round draw,
which takes place on Wednesday.

And after making 10 changes from the team that draw 2-2 at Stoke City in the
Premier League on Saturday, the Italian will have been delighted at the
performance of the players who came in for this encounter.

In particular, Ghana forward Dodoo who gave Leicester the lead after just
six minutes on his first home start for the club, with the 20-year-old
finishing calmly from 10 yards out after fellow frontman Leonardo Ulloa had
caused confusion in the box with a headed flick on.

The visitors, though, responded well to the setback of falling behind so
early by soon equalising, although Zarate's strike owed more than a little
fortune to a big deflection off Leicester defender Marcin Wasilewski, which
wrong-footed veteran goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer in the Foxes goal.

But after the Argentine's goal - his third in three different competitions
for the Hammers so far this campaign - it was all Leicester as visiting
'keeper Adrian continued omn his brilliant form between the posts from
Saturday at the Etihad.

In particular, Adrian produced one sensational fingertip save to keep out a
Ulloa header after an hour, while the Spaniard also showed impressive
reflexes to beat away a Christian Fuchs free kick minutes later.

And when the match then moved into extra time, Adrian was again called upon
to deny substitutes Riyad Mahrez and Jeffrey Schlupp as the contest moved
towards a dreaded penalty shootout.

But that was reckoning without King's late intervention as the Welshman -
who also netted a last-gasp winner when these two sides met at the King
Power in the Premier League in April, headed Fuchs's inch-perfect left-wing
centre high into the back of the net past a for once helpless Adrian as the
Foxes maintained their unbeaten start to the season in all competitions.

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West Ham's Slaven Bilic fuming after near full-strength side lose League Cup
tie to Leicester 'reserves'
0 COMMENTS 23:42, 22 SEPTEMBER 2015
BY MIKE WALTERS
Foxes made 10 changes but won 2-1 after extra time with the Hammers having
Mark Noble booked for simulation on what his boss says was a penalty
The Mirror

Slammed Bilic slammed the "nonsense" of his captain Mark Noble being booked
for diving as West Ham completed a notable double at the King Power. After
losing at home to Leicester's first team in the Premier League, the Hammers
managed to get knocked out of the Capital One Cup by their reserves. Foxes
boss Claudio Ranieri made 10 changes while Bilic - who had set his heart on
a long cup run - fielded a near-full strength team, but Andy King's header
four minutes from the end of extra time sent the Tinkerman into the last 16.
Defeat was especially harsh on the Hammers' keeper Adrian, who had performed
heroics to keep Leicester at bay. And it rankled with Bilic that Noble was
booked for simulation in extra time when he was cleaned out by Leicester
defender Danny Simpson in the box. The West Ham manager growled: "I have not
seen a replay, but I don't need to see any replays to know it was a penalty.
It was a crucial moment of the game.
"It's a cup tie, it's 1-1 in extra time, it was a good move and he gets
booked for that... "It makes no sense to me. "We are very disappointed,
because we approached this competition with the aim of going a long way."

Leicester, who won the League Cup twice under Martin O'Neill and reached
another final in 1999, are on the march again. Joe Dodoo, who scored a
hat-trick at Bury on his debut in the last round, fired them in front after
just six minutes after Pedro Obiang's clearance ricocheted off Leonardo
Ulloa and fell kindly for the Ghana-born striker 12 yards out. The Hammers
were all over the shop like a supermarket trolley dash for 25 minutes and
Mauro Zarate's equaliser, which took a telling deflection off Marcin
Wasilewski, was against the run of play. After the impenetrable Adrian had
taken the tie deep into the night shift, Noble's yellow card for diving from
referee Peter Bankes was an affront to justice. But with a shoot-out
looming, the Hammers relied on Adrian to bail them out once too often as
King's far-post header from Christian Fuchs' left-wing cross sent the Foxes
into the fourth round. Ranieri admitted he was resigned to a trial of nerve
and rectum in a shoot-out, saying: "We had the names of the first five
penalty-takers written down, but we deserved to score a winner. "We changed
10 players, but they played at the same level. They are a great group and
I'm very happy for them."

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