Aston Villa 2-1 West Ham United: FA Cup third round – as it happened

West Ham threatened to spoil Aston Villa’s 150th birthday party, but a quick-fire second-half double meant Villa won just their second FA Cup game in nine years

1 min: Just 41 seconds on the clock, in fact, and West Ham nearly take the lead in spectacular style. The ball’s shuttled right to left via Wan-Bissaka, Summerville and Paqueta, the latter pearling a diagonal rising shot from 25 yards that misses the top-right corner by an inch or two. Not sure Olsen was getting there.

West Ham get the ball rolling. A reminder that this tie will be decided tonight, after extra time and penalty kicks if necessary. And there’s no VAR!

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