Leeds edge past West Ham on penalties to secure semi-final at Wembley - 2-2 (4-2 pens)

Leeds emerged eventual winners of this gripping FA cup quarter final, after a penalty shoot out at the London Stadium. Leeds began the game more brightly, with Noah Okafor drawing an early save out of home stopper Alphonse Areola, who pushed his shot round the post. West Ham then came close, when a Jarrod Bowen pull back was touched on by Taty Castellanos but keeper Lucas Perri pushed away. Perri then saved from Bowen, after he had been put in by the industrious Adama Traore. Leeds took the lead when James Austin set Okafor off down the right, his cross was collected by Ao Tanaka, who was allowed space to twist and fire home, via a deflection off the bar. Castellanos then saw his effort on the half volley go just over the bar. In the second half, Castellanos was unlucky to see his header come back off the post, from an Adama cross. All looked lost for West Ham, when the referee awarded a penalty, after a VAR intervention ruled that Maximilian Kilman had fouled the Leeds player in the box. Dominic Calvert Lewis converted the resulting penalty. Some of the unsympathetic home fans then booed Kilman for the rest of the game - hardly a way to install confidence. All seemed lost, as the game entered added time. But first, a Bowen shot came back of the post into the path of Mateus Fernandes, who fired home. Then, a Fernandes cross was prodded home by Axel Disasi. Extra time. West Ham dominated extra time, having two goals disallowed for offside. The first, when keeper Perri came out and headed on, only for Castellanos to slide home, was most perplexing. The offside came earlier in the play when Castellanos strayed inches offside. The second, a Bowen shot coming back off a post to be finished by Pablo. Again, offside. West Ham stopper Areola, then had to go off being replaced by rookie Finlay Herrick. He endured a debit of fire, facing the penalty shoot out. He saved the first but misses by Bowen and Pablo saw Leeds go through to a semi-final against Chelsea. West Ham were left to rue what might have been. West Ham head coach Nuno Espirito Santo felt his side showed great character under pressure. "We must now keep going," he said.