West Ham United youth lead coach Kevin Keen could not contain his delight at the way his young side played in the FA Youth Cup semi final.

The young Hammers were impressive in front of 7,000 fans in London, winning 6-1 against Southampton on the night.

Now they are through to their second straight final, where they will take on Arsenal.

He stated post-game to club media: “This is excellent. It's been really, really good.

“Southampton are a decent team but we've shown tonight that we've got some decent players with some hopefully very bright futures ahead of them, and they'll play longer for West Ham United.

“Hopefully we'll see them playing even more games at this Stadium."