West Ham United manager Slaven Bilic has praised his players for executing his plan perfectly in the EFL Cup win over Chelsea.

The Hammers defeated their London rivals 2-1 in the fourth-round tie at the London Stadium and will now travel to Manchester United for the quarter-final in late November.

"We played really good tonight," the Croatian said.

"It was a great atmosphere, a cup game, night game, London derby, and Chelsea are a great team who have hit great form recently.

"We had a game plan and the guys executed it almost perfectly. We were great in the first half and really good in the second half and when we had to defend, we defended in numbers and we were good at keeping the ball.

"In transition we hurt them and could have scored more. It was a great win and a great performance and it was good to beat Chelsea."

Cheikhou Kouyate and Edimilson Fernandes scored either side of the break for the East Londoners.