{"id":1103588,"date":"2019-08-27T22:02:50","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T21:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1103588"},"modified":"2019-08-28T09:35:46","modified_gmt":"2019-08-28T08:35:46","slug":"carabao-cup-wilshere-morrison-things-missed","status":"publish","type":"features","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/carabao-cup-wilshere-morrison-things-missed\/","title":{"rendered":"Carabao Cup action you may have missed as Wilshere & Morrison make long-awaited goal contributions"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was a fascinating night of\u00a0Carabao Cup Second Round action as Premier League clubs locked horns with teams from the Championship down to League Two.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Aston Villa made light work of Crewe Alexandra with a 6-1 win, as did Watford who put three past Coventry City and West Ham, who had little trouble easing past Newport County by two goals to nil.<\/p>\n

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Elsewhere, Southampton edged Fulham, Brighton left it late to beat Bristol Rovers, Sheffield United recovered from a late scare to nudge past Blackburn, Norwich City lost 1-0 to Crawley Town, while Crystal Palace were knocked out by Colchester United on penalties.<\/p>\n

And so, with the Third Round draw set to unravel tomorrow night, what did we learn from this set of fixtures?<\/p>\n

1. Antonio pulls up<\/strong><\/h2>\n

With only eight minutes on the clock\u00a0Michail Antonio pulled up with what appeared to be a hamstring injury, and from there, his night ended prematurely as he signalled to the bench to come off, making way for Felipe Anderson.<\/p>\n

It could be argued that West Ham’s only positive halves of football this season have involved\u00a0Antonio (first half versus Man City, second half versus Brighton and second half versus Watford) so this will be a bitter pill to swallow for\u00a0Manuel Pellegrini.<\/p>\n

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The explosive winger is unique at West Ham in that he doesn’t possess the technical excellence of an Anderson, Manuel Lanzini or Pablo Fornals, but rather, an\u00a0eruptive drive and unparalleled wing aggression, making him the perfect complement to the aforementioned creative trio.<\/p>\n

Antonio has had previous with the\u00a0blunting effects of\u00a0hamstring injuries so this will come as an unwelcome sight to the Hammers, whose other wing options consist of two players who missed most of last season due to respective ruptured\u00a0<\/span>Achilles (Lanzini and\u00a0Andriy Yarmolenko).<\/p>\n

Make no mistake, this could have huge implications for West Ham’s season.<\/p>\n

2. Wilshere off the mark<\/strong><\/h2>\n

After 19 months without a goal Jack Wilshere has finally found the back of the net, doing so against Newport County this evening, and subsequently opening his account for West Ham in the process.<\/p>\n

With the match heavily poised at\u00a0Rodney Parade and the\u00a0Exiles knocking on the door having missed a glorious chance through\u00a0Padraig Amond, Wilshere sought to take matters into his own hands, and broke the deadlock via a solo effort just before half-time.<\/p>\n

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Jack Wilshere has scored his first goal for West ham across any competition.<\/p>\n

A tidy finish to give West Ham the lead. pic.twitter.com\/oY8wY3xWn5<\/a><\/p>\n

— Squawka (@Squawka) August 27, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n