Well, well, well. Of course, it’d be easy to trot out a few Lads, It’s Tottenham jokes; new Spurs same as the old Spurs; all that jazz. But just as West Ham weren’t awful in the first half, Spurs weren’t particularly terrible in the second. It’s simply the case that the Hammers came out with such renewed purpose and intensity after the break, they’d have blown anybody away. They were quite magnificent to a man, and claim a thoroughly deserved place in the quarter finals. That’s a night that’ll be remembered for a long time in east London, not least because it’s bought Slaven Bilic some precious breathing space.
Angelo Ogbonna of West Ham United celebrates with his team mates after the Carabao Cup Fourth Round match. Photograph: Catherine Ivill - AMA/Getty Images
90 min +3: Eriksen presses and probes, but can’t find a route through. Ayew, the two-goal hero, picks the ball up on the edge of his own area and dribbles it slowly upfield to run down the clock. That’ll have given his fans a few palpitations, but clear his lines he eventually does.
90 min +1: Eriksen sends a daisycutter through a thicket of players towards the bottom left. Adrian should gather, but he can only push it out to the left. Alderweireld can’t turn it back into the danger zone, and the West Ham keeper gets away with an awful ricket!
89 min: Alderweireld tries to get under a long ball into the West Ham box. Ogbonna heads out for a corner on the left. The set piece is flicked on to Alli at the far post. He’s bundled over by Byram, and claims a penalty kick, but the flag’s long been up for offside at the flick-on.
87 min: Davies makes off down the left and tries to find Alli in the box with his cross, but Ogbonna rises to clear. The tension is crackling around Wembley. It’s quiet, but that’s not a criticism: this is some tense football on display! The fear from both sets of supporters is palpable.
84 min: Some late drama at Stamford Bridge. Willian made it 2-0 for Chelsea after a couple of minutes of injury time, but Calvert-Lewin pulled one back for Everton 90 seconds later. But it’s not enough for the Toffees. Final score: Chelsea 2-1 Everton.
82 min: A free kick for West Ham, wide on the left. The visitors load the box. Lanzini lumps the ball into the mixer. Carroll is desperate to get his nut on it, but Alderweireld beats him to it.
80 min: Trippier looks to hook the free kick over the wall and into the top left. It’s miles wide of the left-hand post. He really should have worked Adrian at the very least.
79 min: Rose zips with purpose down the left, reaches the byline and pujlls back for Son, who hesitates on the edge of the area instead of shooting. West Ham clear. Spurs come straight back at them, Davies romping down the inside left, only to be pulled back by Kouyate. That’s a free kick in a very dangerous position, just to the left of the D.
76 min: West Ham are sitting back, clearly determined to keep what they’ve got. You can understand the impulse, though they’re inviting Spurs to get back into this game. When they were pelting upfield with purpose, the hosts didn’t know what to do. The best form of defence etc.
74 min: Spurs demonstrate that last point by nearly grinding out an equaliser. Rose dribbles in from the left, then floats a cross to Son, who can’t get a header goalwards. The ball breaks to Sissoko, racing in from the right. He blasts a wild effort miles over the bar. Chance.
73 min: You’d have got a good price on this scoreline at the break. Spurs look confused, approaching stunned. Their fans have gone quiet, which is understandable given the triple whammy West Ham have just delivered. The away fans are in party mode. Long way to go yet, though.
71 min: Spurs finally get their gamefaces on. Son dribbles down the inside-right channel and tees up Sissoko, who sends a belter towards the top right. Adrian tips it away, and the corner leads to ...
GOAL! Tottenham Hotspur 2-3 West Ham United (Ogbonna 70)
Cresswell crosses, forcing Alderweireld to turn the ball behind for West Ham’s seventh corner of the evening, out on the left. Lanzini curls it towards the front stick. Ogbonna rises on the left-hand corner of the six-yard box, and glances a brilliant header into the right-hand side of the net, Vorm rooted to the spot. What a comeback! This came from nowhere! This is quite astonishing!
Angelo Ogbonna (21) heads West Ham into a 3-2 lead. Photograph: Matthew Impey/REX/Shutterstock
68 min: Dier, quarterbacking from deep again, nearly releases Trippier down the right with a glorious crossfield pass. But Cresswell reads play well, and eyebrows it away from danger. This game is perfectly poised.
66 min: Noble plays an adventurous pass down the left and very nearly sends Ayew speeding past a sleepy Spurs back line. But the ball goes out of play. Tottenham need to watch themselves here; West Ham have the scent of blood in their nostrils and are looking for a third goal. They look much the brighter team at the moment.
64 min: Spurs finally find another gear. Sissoko makes ground down the right and scoops a cross into the box. Alli, in the middle of a thicket of players, somehow manages to shape a powerful volley goalwards from the penalty spot. Adrian does extremely well to catch a sight of the shot in the crowded area, and stops it on the line.
62 min: Spurs don’t appear panicked yet, but they do look collectively groggy. They’re playing at half the pace of West Ham right now; the visitors are first to everything and pinging their passes around with purpose. This has suddenly been transformed into a most fascinating match.
GOAL! Tottenham Hotspur 2-2 West Ham United (Ayew 60)
Incredible scenes at Wembley! Lanzini slips Cresswell away down the left. Alderweireld can only half clear. The ball’s chipped back into the area down the inside-left channel. Carroll flicks it round the corner with his head, a deft touch which releases Lanzini into space to the left of the six-yard box. Lanzini flicks inside, where Ayew beats Vorm to the ball and hooks it into the right-hand portion of the net! We’re all square! And West Ham have been simply brilliant since the restart. What desire!
Andre Ayew of West Ham United scores his side’s second goal to make it 2-2. Photograph: Stu Forster/Getty Images
58 min: ... nothing much happens. But the visitors are right in this now. They’ve been snapping around Tottenham tootsies since the restart, and the home side aren’t responding particularly well to the pressure. Both sets of fans in great voice now, though, as we really do have a match on our hands here!
57 min: Game on all right! Cresswell, near the left-hand corner flag, whips a glorious ball to the near post. Vorm comes out and flaps. Ayew gets a head on it, but can’t guide it into the net. The ball deflects off the keeper and out for a corner. From which ...
GOAL! Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 West Ham United (Ayew 55)
Lanzini’s corner is poor, but only half cleared by Davies. Fernandes, 20 yards out on the left, fizzes a low shot through a thicket of players. Vorm gets down to parry, but can only tee up Ayew, who slams into the bottom right from a couple of yards. Game on!
Andre Ayew of West Ham United celebrates scoring a goal to make the score 2-1. Photograph: McManus/BPI/REX/Shutterstock
53 min: Rose drifts past a couple of half-arsed West Ham challenges, making good ground down the left before cutting inside and striding towards the box. He slips a fine pass down the channel for Llorente, but the big striker has dimly wandered offside, and a great chance to put West Ham in a lot of trouble is gone.
51 min: Spurs get their foot on the ball, taking the sting out of the game. Time for a dispatch from the other match courtesy of Gerrard Catesby: “Chelsea v Everton is a joy, it really is. Everton are playing well at the moment, but most fascinating of all is their tackling – they’ve gone to ground about 15 times in the second half, earning three bookings in the process. Absolutely legendary!”
49 min: But Noble’s outburst fires West Ham up. They win a corner down the right, after a cross from the opposite wing very nearly finds Carroll in the middle. Nothing comes of the set piece, but the Hammers need something quickly, and at least they’re showing a desire to get it.
47 min: Early stresses for Son, who looks to burst down the inside left, but kicks the ground as he tries to pass Kouyate. The ball is put out for treatment. Son’s OK. Noble isn’t, though: he takes offence at the way Spurs return the ball. He goes into full Scrappy Doo mode: Davies looks like he’s trying to calm him down with a “hey come on”. He soon resorts to “oh [eff] off”. Grown men here.
Mark Noble of West Ham United clashes with Danny Rose of Tottenham Hotspur. Photograph: Zemanek/BPI/REX/Shutterstock
We’re off again! No changes at half-time. Spurs get the ball rolling for the second half. It’s still Chelsea 1-0 Everton at Stamford Bridge, by the way, the home side leading there through Antonio Rudiger’s towering header, sent whistling into the top left from the right-hand corner of the six-yard box.
Thing is, West Ham haven’t been terrible. They’ve just not put anything together in the final third. And Spurs - even a second-string Spurs - are simply very good, even in second gear. West Ham need the next goal. More action soon!
West Ham goalkeeper Adrian is beaten for the second Spurs goal. Photograph: Stu Forster/Getty Images
44 min: Sissoko whips in a cross from a deep position on the left. Llorente’s nowhere near it. Rice leaves it. Adrian waves it through. It bounces out of play, inches wide of the right-hand post. The keeper had that covered, but the crowd were certainly unsure of what was going on, and oooooh accordingly.
43 min: Dier sashays his way down the middle of the park, slips the ball right for Alli, who tries to wedge a return pass into the area. Dier has kept going, but he’s never getting it.
42 min: Noble is fed by Lanzini, 25 yards from goal, down the inside-left channel. He skelps a bouncer towards the bottom left, but Vorm is behind it all the way. Cue ironic cheers from the home faithful; it’s the first serious action for the Spurs keeper all evening.
41 min: Spurs stroke it around in the dominant style for some time. Son tries a trick on the edge of the West Ham box, hoping to manufacture space to shoot, but it doesn’t quite come off.
39 min: Carroll makes a nuisance of himself to the right of the Spurs goal. He can’t quite get a shot away, but he does earn a corner. That set piece leads to another, which leads to a Spurs quick-break upfield. Alli races down the right, and he’s got Son clear in the middle, but he can’t find the pass and Fernandes finally makes a challenge to put a stop to his gallop.
