West Ham United won the battle of claret and blue at Turf Moor to book their place in the Capital One Cup quarter-finals with a 2-0 win over Burnley.

After a lacklustre and uninspiring first-half from the Premier League side, Hammers manager Sam Allardyce's men eventually came through a tough test against the Championship leaders courtesy of two late penalties from Matty Taylor and Jack Collison.

Burnley will have sensed an upset with the form they were taking into this game having not lost at home all season and won 12 of their 15 matches in all competitions so far.

And they looked odds on to have their name in the hat for the next round during the opening 45 minutes as they dominated proceedings while West Ham struggled to see much of the ball.

Prolific Clarets strikers Sam Vokes and Danny Ings, who have 21 goals between them this season, both came close in the early stages but found their efforts equaled by Spanish keeper Adrian. Former West Ham Acadamy graduate Junior Stanislas was also denied by West Ham's No.2 as they continued to pile the pressure on Sam Allardyce's side.

Allardyce had made nine changes to the side that faced Swansea in the Premier League just 48 hours prior to this game, with just Mohamed Diame and James Tomkins keeping their place in the starting XI, and the lack of team cohesion appeared to be damaging their chances of victory.

But Allardyce's words to his players at half-time - which he admits involved telling them that the 2,000 travelling supporters had paid ten times more than they had done and that they needed to go out there give them value for money - appeared to kick them into gear. Jack Collison replaced the unusually quiet Mohamed Diame at the break and suddenly West Ham's 'hoof ball' tactics were transformed into slick, on the floor passing.

Burnley were suddenly on the back foot and had it not been for Carlton Cole and Modibo Maiga's disappearing act up front, West Ham could have been out of sight by the hour mark.

But Kieran Trippier rattled Adrian's crossbar after Tomkins had failed Ings 25 yards from goal, which suddenly turned the game in to a real end-to-end cup tie. Both sides began playing good football and were pushing for a winner, seemingly as extra-time and penalties were out of the equation for both parties.

However, the introduction Kevin Nolan with 20 minutes to go proved to be the game changer and, just five minutes after coming on, the midfielder won a contentious penalty after referee Robert Madley adjudged Jason Shackell to have tripped him, and Matty Taylor stepped up to slam the ball home in front of the West Ham supporters.

The penalty looked to have taken the wind out of Burnley's sails and the game was dead and buried four minutes into stoppage time when Keith Treacy hacked Jack Collison as the Welsh midfielder was through on goal. Treacy was shown the red card and Collison slotted past Tom Heaton to secure West Ham's passage into the quarter-finals.

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