Soccer-West Ham into FA Cup quarter-finals with shootout win over Brentford


Soccer Football - FA Cup - Fifth Round - West Ham United v Brentford - London Stadium, London, Britain - March 9, 2026 West Ham United's Ezra Mayers and Tomas Soucek celebrate winning the penalty shootout Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Couldridge

LONDON, March ⁠9 (Reuters) - West Ham United defender Konstantinos Mavropanos ⁠struck the winning spot kick as his side beat ‌Brentford 5-3 in a penalty shootout on Monday after a 2-2 draw in normal time to book a place in the FA ​Cup quarter-finals.

They will host Leeds United ⁠on the weekend of ⁠April 4-5.

West Ham captain Jarrod Bowen gave the home side ⁠the ‌lead in the 19th minute but Brentford equalised nine minutes later when a header from ⁠defender Nathan Collins brushed off the midriff ​of Brazilian striker ‌Igor Thiago and drifted into the net.

Bowen put ⁠West Ham ​ahead once more with a penalty in the 34th only for Brentford to equalise again after Crysencio Summerville conceded a ⁠penalty in the 84th minute and ​Thiago fired home from the spot to send the game into extra time.

With the fifth round tie level at ⁠2-2 after the extra period it went to penalties and Brentford came undone with a disastrous second spot kick as Dango Outtara chipped the ball into the arms ​of goalkeeper Alphonse Areola.

West Ham ⁠were perfect from the spot with Mavropanos the hero as ​he rounded off the evening by ‌rattling home the winning penalty ​to send his side through to the last eight.

(Reporting by Philip O'Connor; Editing by Ken Ferris)

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