West Ham United recovered from an early setback to beat AFC Wimbledon 3-1 at Kingsmeadow in Tuesday night's EFL Cup second-round tie.
After opening the scoring through Joe Pigott less than two minutes in, the hosts lost Rod McDonald to two bookable offences.
The Hammers eventually capitalised on the man advantage through second-half goals from Issa Diop, Angelo Ogbonna and Javier Hernandez.
Relive how the 90 minutes of action unfolded with Sports Mole's live text coverage below.
STARTING XI: Adrian; Zabaleta, Diop, Ogbonna, Cresswell; Rice, Obiang; Yarmolenko, Snodgrass, Lucas Perez; Hernandez
SUBS: Fabianski, Balbuena, Masuaku, Cullen, Holland, Felipe Anderson, Antonio
STARTING XI: King; Sibbick, Garratt, Oshilaja, McDonald; Pinnock, Hartigan, Trotter, Wagstaff; Hanson, Pigott
SUBS: McDonnell, Purrington, Thomas, Nightingale, Appiah, Barcham, Wordsworth
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Neal Ardley: "I think the key for us is to say it's a free hit in many ways. No one expects us to win but within the camp we feel we can. It's a free hit. The pressure will be on them and not us in our eyes. It's a cup game under floodlights with the TV cameras there. I think it's a great, exciting game - if you can't get excited for it then you shouldn't be in football. I think we know if West Ham are really, really at it, and on song, it's going to be awfully difficult for us to get a result."
Manuel Pellegrini: "You can never enjoy a 3-1 defeat but for the most part I think we created chances, we played as a big team and played in the opposite side not just playing for a result as we played against Arsenal away. It is a style that this team will continue to play in the future and I am absolutely sure and I hope that the fans also continue to support because the team is in the current way and we are going to win more than we lose."
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4 - Joe Pigott has scored four goals in his seven games for AFC Wimbledon in all competitions this season, as many as his final 17 matches combined for the club in 2017-18. Flying. #CarabaoCup
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) August 28, 2018
AFC WIMBLEDON: McDonnell, Purrington, Thomas, Nightingale, Appiah, Barcham, Wordsworth
WEST HAM UNITED: Fabianski, Balbuena, Masuaku, Cullen, Holland, Felipe Anderson, Antonio
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