Danish-Nigerian forward Chuk Obi was on target as West Ham United defeated Blackburn Rovers 3-2 on Wednesday night at the Wham Stadium to win the U17 Premier League Cup.

With the victory, West Ham made history by becoming the first academy side to win the Premier League Cup at U21, U18 and U17 level.

West Ham took an early lead through Jude Longman in the 12th minute, but Blackburn quickly responded with an equaliser from Oliver Flynn at minute 18. 

Harvey Higgins then put Rovers ahead in the 39th minute after a cross from Flynn. 

West Ham levelled just before the hour  mark when Joe Scanlon set up Chuk Obi to finish decisively.

With a minute of normal time remaining, Joel Kerr scored the game-winning goal, heading home a delivery from Harry Montague.