Thomas Hitzlsperger made his West Ham debut as Avram Grant booked a quarter final place in the FA Cup with a win over Burnley.Hitzlsperger was on target as Grant's side shrugged off their relegation worries with a clinical hammering of Burnley.
The German, who had been out for six months with a thigh injury, opened the scoring with a 25-yard thunderbolt before Carlton Cole scored twice in three second-half minutes to put the Hammers in the driving seat.
The second of the England forward's strikes - a beautifully-taken half volley - was followed by Winston Reid's powerful header on the hour to make it 4-0.
An error by Robert Green gave Jay Rodriguez a consolation for the Clarets, but Grant's team scored again through Freddie Sears in injury time to seal the emphatic win and set up a quarter-final clash with Stoke.
For Grant, the match represented a chance to deflect attention from his side's lowly league position and make up in some part for his team's failure to make it to Wembley in the Carling Cup.
