Roberto De Zerbi has turned Albion minds quickly back to the Premier League - after an FA Cup win on the road.
Evan Ferguson scored to secure their 1-0 success at Stoke City in the fifth round.
De Zerbi felt his side should have made the evening more comfortable.
And he is already eyeing West Ham’s league visit to the Amex on Saturday.
The Seagulls head coach said: “We have to be thinking of West Ham, the next game in the Premier League.
“We want to win because in the last two (league) games we didn’t win.
“We would like to go back to our stadium with a victory.”
Albion are now one win from the semi-finals and their travelling fans were singing of Wembley.
De Zerbi said: “We always want to make our fans happy.
“There will be another difficult (cup) game for sure but at the moment we have to think only of West Ham.”
Albion’s match-winning move was launched by Lewis Dunk on his 400th appearance for the club.
The skipper slid a precise pass in behind the full-back for Kaoru Mitoma, who squared for Ferguson to finish.
Albion gave Argentinean teenager Facundo Buonanotte a first start in English football and he might have scored very early.
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