David Moyes relieved after West Ham pushed all the way by brave Kidderminster

Relieved David Moyes admits West Ham got lucky after they survived a huge FA Cup scare at Kidderminster.

The Hammers were seconds away from being embarrassed by their National League North hosts before winning 2-1 after extra time.

Declan Rice forced extra time with a 90th-minute leveller and Bowen snatched victory with virtually the last kick of the fourth-round tie.

Alex Penny had given Harriers, 113 places below West Ham, a first-half lead only for the hosts to suffer two cruel late blows.

Moyes said: “All credit to Kidderminster, they played really well. We gave them a chance to get a goal in front which made things a wee bit difficult and we had to chase it.

“They deserve all the credit, we were fortunate to get through and they were really unfortunate not to take it to penalties at least.

“I thought we weren’t going to get through (as the game went into injury time). We hadn’t tried well with many things but what we had done hadn’t come off.

“We have got a long way to go if we think we’re going to get into finals. We have a lot of work to do and improve greatly.

“Declan made a difference which he has been doing. It was there for everyone to see and at the time in the game it looked like probably no one else would be able to get the goal. It took a special player to get the goal.”

Harriers were the better side throughout and grabbed a deserved lead after 19 minutes.

Issa Diop brought down Amari Morgan-Smith on the right and when Alphonse Areola and Diop made a mess of Omari Sterling’s free kick Penny fired in from eight yards.

Sterling put a free kick wide and there was little response from the Hammers with Moyes bringing on Craig Dawson and Rice at the break.

West Ham improved with Mark Carrington denying Said