Spurs lose to Palace, West Ham thrashes Blackburn in FA Cup competition

Emenike, who scored his first goal for the club, since his arrival in January, struck twice in the second half to put the visitors 4-1 up, before French midfielder Payet rounded off the scoring in stoppage time to take the Hammers into the sixth round.

Slaven Bilic says West Ham United will go up against the red card received by Cheikhou Kouyate on Sunday.

However, they faded soon after, leaving Chelsea, who last won the FA Cup in 2009 when Hiddink was first at the club, to dominate the rest of the match.

“I think they can do it. Absolutely”, said Rovers boss Paul Lambert when asked of West Ham’s chances of winning the Cup.

The under-fire Eden Hazard put the result beyond doubt with a 67th-minute free-kick. “There is not much left in the league for Chelsea, to be honest, so we focus on the games in the FA Cup”.

The Dutchman, who celebrated the final day of his first temporary stint at the Stamford Bridge helm by lifting the trophy after beating Everton 2-1 in the 2009 final, sent out a full-strength side to dismantle a youthful City.

Martin Kelly hit the decisive goal for Crystal Palace at White Hart Lane just before halftime, controlling a pass from Wilfried Zaha before lashing past Michel Vorm from inside the penalty area.

Manu Garcia, Kelechi Iheanacho and Faupala, three of City’s youngsters, were involved in the stylish incisive passing move that tore open Chelsea’s back-line less than two minutes later.

James Collins believes Dimitri Payet’s decision to commit his future has provided the resounding proof that West Ham’s renaissance has genuine substance.

But it made little difference, Emenike scoring his second goal and West Ham’s fourth five minutes from time after more good work by Payet.

For the opening 20 minutes we were worth the lead, they played very well.

West Ham avoided a fifth-round upset with a 5-1 comeback victory at Blackburn.

The home team took the lead when right-back Ben Marshall tucked in a low shot. We have been playing great and the season is going great so far.

Nigerian Emenike could have claimed a hat-trick late on when he slammed a shot against the post after some nifty footwork.