Jarrod Bowen scored a goal on his return from injury to help West Ham produce one of the narrow football results of the weekend in the Premier League. Aaron Cresswell opened the scoring in the 32nd minute before Mason Holgate equalized in the 53rd minute. Jarrod Bowen scored the match-winner in the 58th minute before Michael Keane was sent off in the 65th minute. West Ham moved up to fifth on the Premier League table.
Player ratings
West Ham: Fabianski (6), Fredericks (6), Dawson (7), Zouma (6), Cresswell (6), Soucek (6), Rice (7), Bowen (7), Benrahma (7), Fornals (7), Antonio (8).
Subs: Yarmolenko (n/a), Noble (6).
Everton: Pickford (6), Kenny (4), Godfrey (7), Keane (4), Mykolenko (6), Doucoure (7), Holgate (7), Iwobi (6), Richarlison (7), Gray (6), Calvert-Lewin (6).
Subs: Gordon (6).
Man of the match: Michail Antonio.
Managers Reaction
West Ham boss David Moyes: “We give him [Aaron Cresswell] a lot of stick because he practices free-kicks so much and has not had many goals. He has had a lot of assists in other ways. It was a real good free-kick today. It was a really good win and I thought the players did a really good job. I would like the standards and levels to be better. Coming back from international duty and getting the players back on it is never easy. It was a tough game. We huffed and puffed at times. We had opportunities but so did they.”
Everton boss Frank Lampard: We’re disappointed because we deserved at least a point from the game. At 1-1, I fancied us to score a second. There’s a mistake and they break away and score. It drops to them. The first goal is a free kick in the top corner. The reality is that we are in that kind of moment where everything is going against us – decisions, moments in games, red cards. I can’t fault the players, their character, play generally.
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