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title: "OTD: West Ham beat London rivals Chelsea in League Cup thriller"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Dan Clubbe"
section: "West Ham News"
published: "2021-10-26T16:00:00Z"
modified: "2021-10-26T16:00:00Z"
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# OTD: West Ham beat London rivals Chelsea in League Cup thriller

On this day (October 26) in 2016, [West Ham](https://readwestham.com/2021/10/26/paul-robinson-cant-see-declan-rice-staying-at-west-ham-without-ucl/) overcame London rivals, Chelsea, in a Carabao Cup thriller at the London Stadium.

The Hammers [advanced to the quarter-finals](https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2016/oct/26/west-ham-chelsea-efl-cup-live) of the League Cup with a famous victory over the east Londoners.

Despite early crowd trouble marring the opening exchanges, Slaven Bilic’s side took the lead through [Cheikhou Kouyate](https://readwestham.com/2020/02/11/west-ham-fans-debate-whether-selling-cheikhou-kouyate-was-a-mistake/) after 11 minutes.

> On this day in 2016 West Ham beat Chelsea 2-1 in a League Cup 4th Round Tie at The London Stadium with 45,957 in attendance.\
> \
> The West Ham goals came from Cheikhou Kouyate and Edimilson Fernandes. [pic.twitter.com/BPwxUfkNXT](https://t.co/BPwxUfkNXT)
>
> — Vinny (@vinny\_whufc) [October 26, 2021](https://twitter.com/vinny_whufc/status/1452892718640902148?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

An Irons’ side containing the likes of Pedro Obiang, Dimitri Payet and Winston Reid [doubled the advantage](https://www.11v11.com/matches/west-ham-united-v-chelsea-26-october-2016-351323/) just after half-time when Edimilson Fernandes fired home.

Chelsea grabbed a [late consolation](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37700008) when Gary Cahill slotted past Darren Randolph but it was too little too late.

### READ WEST HAM VERDICT

What West Ham fans would give for another famous cup night when [perennial League Cup winners](https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/man-city-win-record-equalling-fourth-straight-league-cup-2021-04-25/) Manchester City roll into town on Wednesday.

David Moyes’ men have [achieved so much](https://www.whufc.com/news/articles/2021/march/07-march/david-moyes-transformation-year-ago-now-great) in the Scotsman’s second stint at the club and a trophy has to be the next big target in east London.

Suddenly if the Irons can get past City, as they did Chelsea five years ago, the [draw](https://www.efl.com/carabao-cup/) opens up and the possibilities are endless.