West Ham vs. Leeds United score, result as Hammers fall short in remarkable FA Cup comeback

London Stadium, Easter Sunday. The FA Cup quarterfinal that no one had circled on the calendar produced the most gripping chapter of the weekend. West Ham United and Leeds United served up a script that swung from despair to delirium and, finally, to heartbreak for the home side.

Nuno Espirito Santo’s West Ham looked buried when Dominic Calvert-Lewin rolled in a 75th-minute penalty, doubling Ao Tanaka’s opener and sending most of the crowd toward the exits. Instead, the Hammers authored a two-goal rescue inside stoppage time: Mateus Fernandez smashed in after Jarrod Bowen’s shot struck the upright, and Axel Disasi’s overhead kick four minutes later level the tie and the mood inside the ground.

Extra time delivered its own theater. Taty Castellanos had a goal scrubbed for offside, Bowen rattled the post again, and goalkeeper Alphonse Areola crumpled awkwardly, forcing 20-year-old Finlay Herrick into the shootout cold. Herrick denied Joel Piroe, but Leeds’ Lucas Perri parried Bowen and Pablo, allowing Pascal Struijk to convert the decisive kick and send Leeds into a first semifinal appearance since 1986.

Leeds, who have conceded 11 goals from the 90th minute onward this season, will take their place in the April 25-26 draw. West Ham, meanwhile, exit a competition they nearly rescued from the jaws of elimination.