It was an unhappy return to the London Stadium for Declan Rice as West Ham produced an excellent performance to stun Arsenal 3-1 and book their spot in the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup.
Rice, who captained West Ham to Europa Conference League glory last season and made a club-record Β£105m switch to Arsenal in the summer, was watching from the subs’ bench as Ben White headed into his own net and Mohammed Kudus added a super second for the home side.
He was finally introduced just before the hour mark to a standing ovation from the West Ham supporters – but could do nothing to prevent Jarrod Bowen lashing in a deflected third to put the Hammers into dreamland.
The quarter-final draw will be made later on Wednesday, with the ties to be played in the week of December 18.
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