Hammers humiliate holders United with four-goal blast

West Ham dumped out holders Manchester United with a stunning 4-0 victory inspired by Jonathan Spector's first goals in English football.
By The Newsroom
Published 1st Dec 2010, 09:55 BST
Updated 1st Dec 2010, 10:06 BST

Former Red Devil Spector had never scored during his six seasons in the Barclays Premier League but last night the USA defender struck twice to begin a rout that sent Hammers fans delirious.

Further damage was done by Carlton Cole after the interval with the England marksman pouncing twice to bring feeble United crashing back down to earth after their 7-1 drubbing of Blackburn.

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Sir Alex Ferguson made 10 changes to the side that hammered Blackburn last weekend with only Brazilian midfielder Anderson remaining from the weekend's rout, but the manner of this defeat will still prove difficult to stomach.

Arsenal moved into the semi-finals with victory over Wigan at a freezing Emirates Stadium.

The Gunners missed several good chances before they took the lead on the stroke of half-time through an own goal from Latics captain Antolin Alcaraz.

Wigan lost Victor Moses to a suspected broken wrist and Nicklas Bendtner's close-range effort on 67 minutes kept Arsene Wenger's men on the road to another Wembley final.

The remaining quarter-finals tonight see Championship Ipswich host West Bromwich Albion and Birmingham at home to arch rivals Aston Villa.

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