West Ham survive Kidderminster Cup scare

Only England international Declan Rice's stoppage-time equaliser has prevented West Ham from being on the receiving end of one of the biggest upsets in 150 years of the FA Cup.

When their fourth-round game entered stoppage time on Saturday, West Ham were still facing a humiliating loss to sixth-tier side Kidderminster.

Alex Penny had scored in the 19th minute for the National North division's third-placed team, who were outplaying the high-flying Premier League side from London.

But Rice's intervention forced the game into extra time and, with a penalty shootout beckoning at Kidderminster's little 6,000-capacity stadium, it took Jarrod Bowen scoring in stoppage time of extra time to seal West Ham's 2-1 victory against a team 113 places lower in the English league system.

"It is the magic of the Cup, isn't it? With two minutes to go I was believing it," Kidderminster manager Russ Penn said.

"Things like this don't happen in other countries. It is something special.

"I thought there would be another chance but to score from that chance was heartbreaking.

"I thought we'd get blown away in extra time but we didn't. I'm gutted for the lads. They're crawling around in the dressing room. They were piling the pressure on but it was just unfortunate they scored from the last phase of the game."

It was a struggle too in London for European champions Chelsea, who had to come from behind to eliminate third-tier Plymouth 2-1 in extra time at Stamford Bridge to reach the fifth round.

Macaulay Gillesphey headed Plymouth into an early lead and Cesar Azpilicueta equalised via a fine backheel finish just before halftime.

But Chelsea couldn't find a winner inside 90 minutes and even after Marcos Alonso scored at the end of the first half