West Ham United vs Everton LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
West Ham 2-0 Everton: Jarrod Bowen scores twice as the Hammers get a crucial win to pile the pressure on Frank Lampard
Jarrod Bowen scored twice as West Ham United beat fellow strugglers Everton 2-0 at the London Stadium, taking all three points in a match billed as a “must-win” for both teams.
The defeat - Everton’s sixth in their last seven league games - will add to the pressure on manager Frank Lampard, while for West Ham boss David Moyes, victory will be sweet relief after his side took just one point from the last 21 available.
Bowen scored his goals in a seven-minute first-half spell, first netting from close range after Emerson Palmieri’s cross was flicked into his path. He was set up for his second by good work on the right wing by Michail Antonio, whose cross was timed perfectly for the incoming forward.
It is more misery for Everton fans, who had a sit-in protest at Goodison Park last weekend following defeat to Southampton, calling for the club’s board to be sacked. Those calls will likely grow louder in the coming days.
Relive all the action from today's game in the live blog below:
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INCHES WIDE! Rice comes inches away from putting the game to bed. He surges into the inside-left channel and gets past Coady before firing towards goal on his left foot. Pickford watches as the ball trickles past the post.
West Ham United vs Everton
Everton have failed to win any of their games when trailing at half-time in the Premier League this season. It's not a good omen heading into the final 17 minutes.
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Substitution Lucas Tolentino Coelho de Lima Tomáš Souček
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Substitution Michail Gregory Antonio Daniel William John Ings
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Gray drops his shoulder and fires a low cross towards the near post that Ogbonna slides to clear ahead of Calvert-Lewin.
West Ham United vs Everton
OVER! Bowen whips a dangerous delivery into the middle from the resulting corner, but Aguerd can only direct his header over the top.
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SAVE! Benrahma releases Emerson down the left flank with a neat flick and he drives forward. He powers a left-footed strike at goal, only to see Pickford tip his effort onto the bar and over. A brilliant stop.
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