Lucas Paqueta suffered a fresh injury as West Ham were gripped 1-1 by Bristol Metropolitan in the 3rd bulbous of the FA Mug.
The Hammers sifted on course for a comfy mid-day when Jarrod Bowen terminated them into an early lead.
It proved to be anything but, but, after a second-half equaliser from Tommy Conway guarded a replay for the drinking Robins.
West Ham’s group would have been granted a entirety a week off possessed they won this 3rd-bulbous tie, but they will possibly now be dragged ago in on Friday as Moyes, who reached Wembley 2 times as a player through Metropolitan, prepares for a retort to Ashton Gate.
Almost 9,000 members of Metropolitan’s cider group – among an unforgettable 62,500 sell-out – administered the barbecue to the capital, but the raucous shebang who filled the Sir Trevor Brooking stand were silenced after merely four minutes.
Lucas Paqueta decreased deep to collate the bulbous and also elevated a mouth watering pass insane to Bowen.
The England enthusiastic still possessed job to execute, governing the bulbous before whacking it past the dive of Metropolitan caretaker Greatest O’Leary and also outclassing skin defender Cameron Pring on the passion-queue.
Regretfully for West Ham it was Paqueta’s last participation in the match. The Brazilian playmaker was single merely ago from a knee injury and also appeared to languish a reoccurrence.
Teenage striker Divin Mubama was sent out on as a replacement for a uncommon probability to electrify.
West Ham practically doubled their lead when Bowen got bulbous the ago of the Metropolitan protection and also tempted the bulbous ago, but O’Leary administered a superb reaction conserve to claw out Pablo Fornals’ inoculation.
O’Leary administered another okay shun to grasp ago transparent of an own-passion from Pring, who inadvertently amended Bowen’s cross-inoculation in the direction of his own net, and also after that tipped a James Ward-Prowse battery wide.
Moyes was urged into a second substitution after merely 38 minutes when Konstantinos Mavropanos was injure after an aerial confound through Conway, through pro defender Angelo Ogbonna sent out on.
Metropolitan, 11th in the Championship and also on a sprinted of one loss in five reinforces under previous Hammers Under-23 adviser Liam Manning, intimidated sporadically in the first half.
But Sam Bell inoculation integrated at Lukasz Fabianski and also Rob Dickie’s header was alike also close to the Polish caretaker.
Metropolitan last transaction to have tempted degree early in the second half when a cheapened cross from captain Jason Knight thwarted every man in the box and also fell to Pring, who lashed his inoculation wide at the much concoct-upwards.
But on the hour mark the away fans behind the passion were enthused when Joe Williams pinged the bulbous ahead.
Ogbonna missed it and also Conway vied ahead before hiding his inoculation across Fabianski and also into the net.
West Ham put ahead in a bid to grasp ago transparent of a replay – and also group their week off – but Tomas Soucek spearheaded over and also substitute Danny Ings hit the sidenetting.
