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Nsofor ensured that beleaguered West Ham fans had something to cheer
when he scored three goals for the Hammers against former European
champions, Nottingham Forest.

The hammers made
the game hard for themselves by going behind twice before the Nigerian
loan player from Inter Milan spared the blushes of his coach, Avram
Grant. It was the 113th meeting between the two sides with the
statistics reading 43 matches won by both sides and 26 drawn. Nsofor
started his goals trail in the fourth minute with a simple tap-in,
which looked marginally offside. The League One side were not over awed
by the Premiership basement side and had 52% of the possession and that
counted for the equaliser which came in the 18th minute when Dele
Adebola scored his first goal of the season with a toe-poke in from
close range.

Nsofor scored his
second of the day when he equalised for the Hammers two minutes after
David McGoldrick had given Forest the lead in the 40th minute and the
goal had shades of David Beckham’s 40 yards goal in 1996 against
Wimbledon.

The Nigerian duly
completed his hat-trick after 52 minutes with a penalty kick and he
almost scored a fourth goal but Forest keeper, Lee Camp made the save
amongst many that he made throughout the tie. Nsofor has shown more
passion for the Cup games but his side will need some of these goals in
the Premiership to stave off relegation.

Arsenal saved by Fabregas

Again, Arsenal had
to rely on the penalty taking expertise of their captain, Cesc Fabregas
to avoid another replay. Fabregas converted the spot kick in the 85th
minute after Nicklas Bendtner had been brought down in the box by
Huddersfield defender, Jamie McCombe. Bendtner had given Arsenal the
lead on 22 minutes but the League One side equalised in the 66th minute
through a powerful Alan Lee header from a corner kick.

Fabregas rose from
the bench with 22 minutes left on the clock and justified the call by
netting the important second goal that effectively killed off
Huddersfield, who had acquitted themselves admirably throughout the
encounter. But there will be concerns about Samir Nasri, who limped off
with a hamstring problem.

In other cup games,
Manchester City were saved some embarrassment against Notts County, as
new man, Edin Dzeko equalised for City in the 80th minute.