West Ham manager Slaven Bilic has lavished praise on his men for securing a comfortable 5-1 win over Blackburn Rovers in the FA Cup earlier today.
It looked like Blackburn were on their way to causing a cup upset when Ben Marshall gave the lead to the home side at Ewood Park in the 20th minute, but West Ham showed their class by quickly coming back into the game with an equaliser through Victor Moses, and by half-time they were in the lead after Dimitri Payet struck.
The second half was a romp for the away side as the Hammers netted three more goals to post a comfortable 5-1 scoreline, with Payet and winter signing Emmanuel Emenike bagging a brace each.
Bilic was pleased to see the fantastic football that his side played to get the win, and admits that his men made the victory look easy by the quality of their passing and general play.
The Hammers boss told the BBC’s Match of the Day: "We played some fantastic football.
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“We were solid passing the ball and the only way to kill them is to penetrate when we had a situation. We were able to keep the ball and get the ball in behind the spaces.
“It looked easier than we thought but it was us who made it easier.”
West Ham will next face Sunderland in a Premier League home fixture next Saturday at Upton Park, while in the quarter-final they will play either Manchester United or Shrewsbury away from home.
