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Carabao Cup: West Ham 2-2 Blackburn (9-10 pens) - Championship side advance after shootout

Championship side Blackburn Rovers moved into the last 16 of the Carabao Cup as they beat West Ham 10-9 in an epic penalty shootout.

Blackburn had taken the lead after only six minutes through Jack Vale's calm finish, before Pablo Fornals levelled.

Michail Antonio's low shot made it 2-1 but Ben Brereton Diaz's 88th-minute equaliser took the tie to penalties.

Blackburn won the League Cup in 2002 and are now on their best run in the competition since 2011-12, when they reached the quarter-finals.

The draw for the last 16 will take place on Thursday, following the final third-round tie between Manchester United and Aston Villa at Old Trafford.