Source: PA
Spector slays Tykes
West Ham's cup king Jonathan Spector was on target again but Avram Grant's struggling side made hard work of beating Barnsley 2-0 at Upton Park.
Spector's first goals in three years had sent West Ham storming into the Carling Cup semi-finals with a 4-0 victory over Manchester United.
The American, playing in the same central midfield role, put the Hammers ahead again today before substitute Frederic Piquionne rifled home a late second.
West Ham's FA Cup fourth round place would have been sealed by half-time had Barnsley goalkeeper Luke Steele not produced four vital saves, three of them from Zavon Hines.
Inexplicably, Grant's men then stopped playing after the interval and the second half was far more nervy for the Upton Park crowd than it should have been.
Piquionne's injury-time strike came moments after Barnsley's Adam Hammill saw his deflected shot loop onto the bar and bounce away.
