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Tati Castellanos scores the winning goal in overtime west ham united Barely passed and avoided an embarrassing exit from the FA Cup QPR 2-1.
The Argentinian was brought in from Lazio for £26m last week in a bid to salvage the Hammers’ poor form. Premier League season.
It may have been more than he was capable of, but Castellanos at least took the FA Cup into the third round with his first goal for the club.
Richard Cohen’s earlier cancellation of Crissencio Somerville’s opener, a result the Rangers briefly threatened, would shock even the most ardent basketball fans.
The Hammers have had such a poor league season – they have gone 10 games without a win – that they look vulnerable to an upset against any serious Championship side.
But QPR’s poor FA Cup record – they have lost 53 times in the third round, more than any other club – suggests they are unlikely to achieve the feat.
With West Ham having just lost crucial games against fellow strugglers Wolves and Nottingham Forest and sitting seven points adrift of safety, Rangers’ away game looks increasingly likely to be a fixture in next season’s league fixtures.
If this was early life in the Championship, they came close when Rayan Kolli’s header at the far post went wide for a corner.
It took the home side 32 minutes to get a shot on target but when they did they did so well, with Somerville’s shot hitting the crossbar by Rangers goalkeeper Joe Walsh.
They lost Konstantinos Mavropanos to a serious head injury and he was taken off on a stretcher after a six-minute delay. West Ham later confirmed that the Greek defender was conscious.
Stressful boss Nuno Espirito Santo Opting to ditch the five-man defense he started with and replacing Mavropanos with another new striker, Pablo Felipe.
The Brazilian made his mark in the ninth minute of first-half stoppage time, sneaking the ball infield and passing it to Sangutu Magassa, who passed the ball to Somerville, who took a touch and scored his first goal of the season.
However, Rangers deservedly equalized in the 65th minute when Kohli passed to Karamoko Dembele.
With his back to Somerville, he crossed and Cone headed the ball past Hammers goalkeeper Mads Hermansson and into the far post.
Castellanos was twice denied on the line by Rangers captain Jimmy Dunne, whose 20-yard shot was tipped over by Walsh before Kone cleared Tomas Soucek’s header from under his own crossbar.
Entering overtime, Soucek and Somerville scored in the 9th minute of stoppage time in the first quarter, but were blocked by Walsh.
Somerville did well to get rid of Dunne and cross to Castellanos who powerfully headed the ball past Walsh to save West Ham from further pain.