West Ham secured their place in the fourth-round of the FA Cup after a marathon penalty shoot-out to inflict more misery on Everton and manager Roberto Martinez.
The Hammers were eventually indebted to goalkeeper Adrian, but not as would be expected for his saves, but instead for firing home the vital spot-kick to see his side home 9-8 on penalties after it had finished 2-2 at Upton Park after 120 minutes of their third-round replay.
Everton boss Martinez thought his side were hard done by having played for such a long period with a numerical disadvantage.
"We had to deal with the worst role in the game -- going down to 10 men for over an hour. I'm extremely satisfied with the manner of coping with that," he said.
"The players showed the right manner and concentration and we didn't for a minute look like team with a man down. We showed a very good, strong mentality. It is just disappointing.
"West Ham were really strong but I thought we deserved to go through. The effort and performance made us the better team tonight. Penalties really is a tough way to be eliminated from best competition in club football."
The Spaniard was also left bemoaning a decision to not award his side a penalty when they were 2-1 up in extra-time.
You can see why he gave the two yellow cards [to McGeady] but there is no justification in how the referee has not seen [that] Mirallas' free-kick was in the box," he added.
"He has given a free-kick outside the box and clearly it's in the box. The linesman has given it and should've seen the action in the box."