Daily WHUFC News - 30th November 2017

Everton comfortable winners on night to forget for Hammers
WHUFC.com

It was unhappy return to Goodison Park for West Ham United boss David Moyes
on Wednesday as his former club Everton were 4-0 winners in the Premier
League. Wayne Rooney's hat-trick was followed by an Ashley Williams header
as the hosts were comfortable winners on Merseyside. Toffees captain Rooney
added to his first half brace with a spectacular strike from inside his own
half on 66 minutes before Williams bagged a fourth. Manuel Lanzini was given
the opportunity, with the score 2-0, to get his side back into the game with
a second half penalty, but Jordan Pickford kept the Argentine's low attempt
out and gave Everton a platform to seal the victory. West Ham were the first
to threaten on Merseyside, as Arthur Masuaku left Jonjoe Kenny for dead down
the left on the quarter of an hour mark, but could only find the hands of
Jordan Pickford in goal with the cross. And two minutes later, Everton
punished David Moyes' side for not taking the opportunity as Dominic
Calvert-Lewin drew a foul from goalkeeper Joe Hart and referee Michael
Oliver pointed to the spot. Toffees skipper Rooney stepped up, and despite
the England No1's impressive save low to his right, the former Three Lions
captain was able to nod home the rebound which fell kindly. And ten minutes
later, things went from bad to worse for the Hammers as Everton doubled
their lead. Attacking down the right, Kenny found Tom Davies, whose cross
travelled - via a deflection - all the way to Rooney at the back stick, and
the No10 coolly slotted home from close range.

In the second half, the visitors came out all guns blazing, and despite
creating little in the opening period, put the Blues under pressure. First,
Manuel Lanzini collected 25 yards from goal and, with space in front of him,
let fly with power and precision. Pickford was forced to beat the ball
clear, but it fell for the Argentine again, who slipped in Aaron Cresswell.
Sizing up his options, the Liverpool-born full-back smashed across the
keeper but his effort crashed against the crossbar, leaving the England
international desperately unlucky and inches away from getting his team back
into the game. Moments later, with Everton shaken, the ball bobbled its way
to Marko Arnautovic in the box but the Austrian could only scuff goalwards,
with Pickford left untroubled between the sticks. The huge moment of the
second half came on 58 minutes, however. Substitute Diafra Sakho, holding
the ball with his back to goal, was taken out by Welshman Williams and
Lanzini was left with the responsibility of halving the deficit from 12
yards. Pickford had other ideas, though, springing away to his right to make
the second penalty save of the night. While the hosts were blessed with some
good fortune as the ball fell straight to Rooney in the first half, Moyes'
side were not so lucky. And with 24 minutes left on the clock, it was game
over for the travelling east Londoners as Rooney scored his second goal from
inside his own half against the Hammers, as he had done four years earlier
for Manchester United at the Boleyn Ground. Hart raced off his line to clear
an Everton through ball but his clearance fell kindly for Rooney, whose
technique was pure class as he fired into the empty net. Williams completed
a miserable evening for the Hammers with a fourth for his side on 78 minutes
as he rose highest in the box to nod in a Sigurdsson corner.

Everton: Pickford, Kenny, Holgate, Williams, Martina, Davies, Gueye, Lennon
(Lookman 89'), Rooney (Baningime 85'), Sigurdsson, Calvert-Lewin (Vlasic
90+1')
Subs not used: Robles, Scheiderlin, Ramirez, Besic
Goals: Rooney 18', 28', 66', Williams 78'

West Ham United: Hart, Zabaleta, Reid (Rice 77'), Ogbonna, Cresswell, Obiang
(Sakho 46'), Kouyate, Arnautovic (Antonio 62'), Lanzini, Masuaku, Ayew
Subs not used: Adrian, Fernandes, Noble, Martinez

Bookings: Zabaleta 27'

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Moyes: Big moments in Everton defeat went against us
WHUFC.com

David Moyes said big moments in West Ham United's 4-0 Premier League defeat
at Everton went against his team.

The Hammers started slowly at Goodison Park and fell behind to two Wayne
Rooney goals - the first a rebound header after Joe Hart had conceded and
then saved the Everton captain's penalty, and the second a close-range
finish at the end of a slick move down the right flank.

Moyes brought on Diafra Sakho at half-time and Aaron Cresswell hit the
crossbar before the Senegal striker won a spot-kick for his side, only for
Jordan Pickford to save Manuel Lanzini's effort.

Rooney then added to West Ham's frustration by scoring with an audacious
shot from inside his own half, before Ashley Williams completed the scoring
with a looping late header.

"We were much better in the second half and I don't think we deserved the
scoreline in the end," Moyes reflected. "Ultimately, we missed a penalty
kick when it was 2-0 and I thought we were the team on top in the second
half.

"I thought we played well in the second half and things didn't quite go for
us. Jordan Pickford saved a penalty; Joe Hart saved Wayne's penalty but the
rebound came back unfortunately to him.

"We had a chance when we were in the box to make something from it with
Michail Antonio, and from that, they went up the other end and made it 3-0.
I thought the first half wasn't good, but the second half was much better.

"We made changes which helped us, and we had to because we were poor in the
first half. But I have got to say, some of our play gave us a chance. We
improved greatly in the second half but we gave away poor goals, individual
mistakes, which, since I've been here, have cost us. We have to try and
eradicate that."

We were much better in the second half and I don't think we deserved the
scoreline in the end

David Moyes
Moyes gave Rooney his Everton debut as a 16-year-old and later worked with
the former England captain at Manchester United. On Wednesday, his former
charge came back to haunt him in spectacular style.

"I know Wayne very well and he has the technical ability to score the goal
he did for the third. He also has a striker's awareness to get in the right
places and finish chances when he gets them."

Concentrating on his own team again, Moyes says his players simply must cut
out the errors they are making if they are to start picking up positive
results on a regular basis.

Next up is a trip to unbeaten leaders Manchester City on Sunday, when any
lapses will likely be ruthlessly exploited by Pep Guardiola's team.

"It's individual mistakes which are costing us. We're more organised at
times but it didn't show with individual defending. If you're defenders
don't do the simple things well, we'll be in trouble.

"I think that it's said many times, football is a strange game; you never
know. You have to improve all round on performances, which I've been saying
since I joined. We've had good bits, but what I'm noticing is that we're
making individual mistakes rather than collective ones.

"Our attitude and effort was much better in the second half but we just
never got going in the first half."

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