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West Ham defender Jenkinson relieved to overcome Bristol City

West Ham United defender Carl Jenkinson admitted relief after their FA Cup win over Bristol City.

Substitute Diafra Sakho broke City hearts with an 81st-minute winner.

"It was always going to be that sort of FA Cup tie," Jenkinson told whufc.com. "It was very important to keep a clean sheet - we did that and scored a great goal.

"It was difficult because they were a good side, especially in the first half. We came more into the game as it went on and to be fair they did get some balls into the box. They were a handful from set pieces as they had some big lads and we tried to nullify that as much as we could.

"We did in the main - they didn't have too many clear cut chances other than a couple in the first half and we were always going to have to ride the storm a little bit.

"We're very happy with the result in the end."

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