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  • Yakubu 45’
  • Johnson 90’
  1. Everton beat Hammers again

    Everton beat Hammers again

    A goal by Yakubu helped Everton beat West Ham for the second time in four days with a 2-0 Premier League win at Upton Park. The Nigeria striker headed home on 45 minutes to put David Moyes' men sixth in the table while substitute Andrew Johnson scored late in injury time to seal the win. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • West Ham
    • Everton
    • 90+4 And that's the final whistle, 2-0 to Everton, slick and composed and with a late bite too. They move sixth.
    • 90+4 Johnson booked for his over-celebrating.
    • 90+3 Throw to West Ham on the left wing, sent in long by McCartney but pumped clear and Johnson is clear of the last man and he spots Green off his line and lobs him immaculately for 2-0! Game set and match.
    • 90+2 Green punts it long with the entire West Ham team camped in or around Everton's penalty area...
    • 90+1 Arteta wins a free kick and runs down some seconds by nursing a non-injury... Ljungberg booked for the foul on the touchline.
    • 90' Johnson running through the middle and gets the ball after niggling at the West Ham defence, runs it into the corner... Three minutes added time being played.
    • 87' EVERTON SUB: Johnson on for Yakubu.
    • 85' Upson has a pop at Cahill, but the ref tells them to kiss and make up without feeling the need to get too involved.
    • 84' Yakubu is the first player to enter the book in this rough and tumble encounter.
    • 82' Corner to West Ham as Everton's solid rearguard is sparked into action again... and a good delivery from the right which McCartney meets in a crowd of bodies but well over.
    • 80' Brilliant backheel from Pienaar, he gets the return and drills it low into the box where Cahill flicks it on to yakubu who holds it up for OSMAN ON THE EDGE OF THE BOX but he fires over!
    • 79' WEST HAM SUB: Kyel Reid on for Mullins.
    • 77' Carsley with a long range drive which is tipped over by Green. Everton's stamina starting to tell.
    • 76' Everton break on the left and Pienaar swings in a brilliant cross to YAKUBU WITH THE HEADER but a brilliant save by Kirk Douglas, sorry, Robert Green.
    • 74' Moyes is having a go at someone, the fourth official I think, not sure what for...
    • 72' Cole bursts in on the right wing, he hits the byline and drills in a wicked cross low into the box but Yobo slides in to put behind for a corner! Almost a superb pass and an own goal to boot.
    • 71' Everton with backs against the wall after they fail to clear a Hammers corner, Neill it drops to on the edge of the box but send it high and wide he does.
    • 69' Osman is played through, he races clear of the last man and he's one on one but he spoons the finish over!
    • 67' Green comes rushing out and almost takes out ball and Yakubu, who boots him in the face, it is on the edge of the box but the ball spins three and played back in as Green rushes back to his goal but the chance goes.
    • 63' Curbs is looking pensive as he tries to work out what he can do to break down Everton's steely resolve at the back.
    • 62' Parker on the right swings in a decent cross but it spins slightly out of play for a goal kick.
    • 61' Novle on the ball, a surging run through the middle and he feeds Mullins but his low drive is deflected wide for a corner.
    • 59' WEST HAM SUB: Noble on for Solano.
    • 57' Free-kick to Everton on the right.. a bit of argie-bargie between Ashton and Yobo which the ref has to calm... eventually it's taken and Green inexplicably punches and CARSLEY WITH THE VOLLEY but headed over by Upson! He saved his keeper there.
    • 53' Lescott tries a Zidane pirouette with quite hilarious consequences but he does win a throw on the left wing.
    • 50' Ashton is penalised for a handball on the edge of the Everton box with Yobo all over him as he committed the offence.
    • 49' Steve Tanner is doing a good job of keeping his cards in his pocket as - ironicially - Parker is brought down in full flight.
    • 47' McCartney has hurt his elbow after colliding with Arteta.
    • 46' Second half underway!
    • 45+2 And that is half-time, Everton lead 1-0.
    • 45' Arteta gets the ball on the left after Everton fail to clear the ball, he swings it to the far post and a header across goal from Piennar AND YAKUBU IS UNMARKED WITH HEADER AND HE SCORES! Against the run of play, Everton take the lead just before the break. A Hammer blow for the Hammers.
    • 44' Flagrant handball by Parker as he attacks for a header in the box. He really is lucky not to have been booked thus far.
    • 41' Free-kick Everton just inside the West Ham half, Arteta to take... he chips it to the edge of the box where Yakubu chests it down to OSMAN but he hammers it over.
    • 40' Cole flicks it onto Ashton who slips the ball wide to Solano who spots Parker's late run and swings the cross in but his header spoons high and wide!
    • 38' Parker slides in hard on Osman and goes spare at the ref when he blows up... just a word, no card.
    • 37' Corner to come in from the right... a brilliant delivery FINDS COLLINS TOTALLY UNMARKED ON THE PENALTY SPOT AND HE MUST SCORE BUT A HORRIBLE, SHANKED FINISH! He's not having a great half it must be said. Should have been the opener.
    • 36' Solano over the ball, about 35 yards out to the left.... brilliant delivery, whipped to the far post but headed behind by Lescott! They were queuing up for that one!
    • 35' Free-kick to West Ham on the left, still some discussions going on as the Hammers wanted a card to be shown...
    • 33' Two sublime pieces of skill see Yakubu turn Collins inside out, leaving the Welshman on his backside and he's free on the left and drills it low but straight at Green who fumbles it but catches the loose ball.
    • 32' Free-kick to West Ham after a foul on Ljungberg... lumped into the box, Collins rises but his header is well off-target.
    • 30' An exciting start is degenerating into a bit of a kick-and-rush event, although Pienaar again finds space on the left but his delivery is weak, meat and drink for Green.
    • 28' Pienaar is caught offside but it takes an age for the flag to be raised and the ref to spot it.
    • 26' Carsley's got the hump after being clobbered by Upson during a corner incident.
    • 24' Parker still receiving treatment, he's groggy after getting Cahill's boot in the face after bravely [stupidly} stooping to head away as he was trying to clear.
    • 22' Parker is down injured but West Ham play on, with Solano on the right who punts it over and ASHTON WITH THE FLICKED FINISH BUT JUST WIDE OF THE POST! Great first-time improvisation from Ashton which totally bamboozled Howard, unlucky!
    • 21' Everton seeing a bit more of the action now, cross comes in from Pienaar headed away, but West Ham counter through Cole... which breaks down.
    • 19' Osman has a long-range effort but it turns into a daisy-cutter and safely with Green.
    • 15' One-touch play from West Ham, two moves break down but they keep coming forward in swarms as Solano's one-two with Mullins comes off a defender to the path of LJUNGBERG CLEAN THROUGH BUT A BRILLIANT SAVE BY HOWARD!
    • 13' Howard flaps at this corner too, West Ham putting loads of pressure on him, and it's only half-cleared for Ljungberg to spread it left to Ashton who fires in a low cross-shot but this time T-Ho holds onto it.
    • 12' Almost a great move by the Hammers as Cole holds it up, drifts wide right and sends in a superb cross for the no-longer-blond Ashton, whose finish is blocked behind for a corner.
    • 10' West Ham calling the shots here as neat skill from Ashton sees Parker played through but his cross is too deep.
    • 8' Injury to Osman, seemed to get a knock on the head...
    • 7' Good spell of Hammers pressure culminates in Ljungberg heading wide.
    • 6' Neville puts Howard under a bit of pressure with the back pass after Cole chases a long ball bit but the USA keeper gets a kick away, still with West Ham though...
    • 5' Pienaar on the left, chips it across to Arteta with the chest down in the area and OSMAN WITH THE HALF VOLLEY but he fires well wide.
    • 4' Everton bursting forward now, Cahill goes down in the box but nothing doing.
    • 3' Corner to West Ham on the left.. swung to the far post and it's a testing delivery which Howard flies across to punch away one-handed.
    • 1' A couple of early strong challenges from West Ham leave Osman, Arteta and - after particularly late one from Parker - Neville in heaps on the ground, the Hammers setting the stall after their midweek Carling Cup defeat to the Toffees.
    • 1' First half underway at the Boleyn Ground!!
    • - LATE WEST HAM TEAM NEWS: Cole is fit and is accompanied by Dean Ashton up front. Hayden Mullins is preferred to Mark Noble in midfield and Matty Etherington doesn't even make the bench.
    • - LATE EVERTON TEAM NEWS: Nuno Valente doesn't even get a place on the bench despite Leighton Baines' injury, Joleon Lescott moving wide and Phil Jagielka playing at centre back.
    • - EVERTON TEAM NEWS: The latest injury to Leighton Baines opens up the left back berth for Nuno Valente. Strike duo James McFadden and James Vaughan could be back in contention, although they will be lucky to usurp last week's hat-trick scorer, Yakubu, from the starting line-up.
    • - WEST HAM TEAM NEWS: Carlton Cole is struggling to be fit for a hip injury, although Dean Ashton is set to feature from the start. Lee Bowyer is also ready to return to the squad
    • - Hello and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of West Ham v Everton, from 15:00 GMT!

  • Team Stats

    West Ham Stats Everton
    57% Possession 42%
    14 Shots 12
    2 Shots on target 6
    0 Saves 0
    9 Corners 2
    13 Fouls 16
    1 Offsides 4
    1 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 0
    18 Tackles 15
    276 Accurate passes 220
    43 Bad passes 55

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • West Ham
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Robert Green 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 0
      19 James Collins 0 3 0 3 1 0 0 26 2 4
      3 George McCartney 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 18 6 1
      2 Lucas Neill 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 32 0 1
      6 Matthew Upson 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 35 4 0
      8 Scott Parker 0 2 0 3 3 0 0 35 7 7
      17 Hayden Mullins 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 25 6 1
      15 Nolberto Solano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 1
      7 Fredrik Ljungberg 0 2 1 0 4 0 0 16 5 1
      12 Carlton Cole 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 2 0
      9 Dean Ashton 0 4 1 4 0 1 0 19 0 0
      21 Richard Wright 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Jonathan Spector 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      16 Mark Noble 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 2 2
      33 Henri Camara 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 6 0
      28 Kyel Reid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0
    • Everton
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      24 Tim Howard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
      4 Joseph Yobo 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 0 1
      5 Joleon Lescott 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 9 0
      17 Tim Cahill 0 0 0 3 2 1 1 23 4 4
      6 Mikel Arteta 0 0 0 6 3 0 0 43 9 4
      26 Lee Carsley 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 22 5 1
      21 Leon Osman 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 20 8 2
      18 Philip Neville 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 0
      20 Steven Pienaar 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 24 8 1
      16 Phil Jagielka 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 13 4 2
      22 Yakubu Aiyegbeni 1 4 3 4 4 2 0 17 7 0
      10 Thomas Gravesen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Andrew Johnson 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
      2 Tony Hibbert 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      33 Stefan Wessels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 James McFadden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90+3 Throw to West Ham on the left wing, sent in long by McCartney but pumped clear and Johnson is clear of the last man and he spots Green off his line and lobs him immaculately for 2-0! Game set and match.
    • 80' Brilliant backheel from Pienaar, he gets the return and drills it low into the box where Cahill flicks it on to yakubu who holds it up for OSMAN ON THE EDGE OF THE BOX but he fires over!
    • 77' Carsley with a long range drive which is tipped over by Green. Everton's stamina starting to tell.
    • 76' Everton break on the left and Pienaar swings in a brilliant cross to YAKUBU WITH THE HEADER but a brilliant save by Kirk Douglas, sorry, Robert Green.
    • 72' Cole bursts in on the right wing, he hits the byline and drills in a wicked cross low into the box but Yobo slides in to put behind for a corner! Almost a superb pass and an own goal to boot.
    • 69' Osman is played through, he races clear of the last man and he's one on one but he spoons the finish over!
    • 67' Green comes rushing out and almost takes out ball and Yakubu, who boots him in the face, it is on the edge of the box but the ball spins three and played back in as Green rushes back to his goal but the chance goes.
    • 61' Novle on the ball, a surging run through the middle and he feeds Mullins but his low drive is deflected wide for a corner.
    • 57' Free-kick to Everton on the right.. a bit of argie-bargie between Ashton and Yobo which the ref has to calm... eventually it's taken and Green inexplicably punches and CARSLEY WITH THE VOLLEY but headed over by Upson! He saved his keeper there.
    • 45' Arteta gets the ball on the left after Everton fail to clear the ball, he swings it to the far post and a header across goal from Piennar AND YAKUBU IS UNMARKED WITH HEADER AND HE SCORES! Against the run of play, Everton take the lead just before the break. A Hammer blow for the Hammers.
    • 41' Free-kick Everton just inside the West Ham half, Arteta to take... he chips it to the edge of the box where Yakubu chests it down to OSMAN but he hammers it over.
    • 40' Cole flicks it onto Ashton who slips the ball wide to Solano who spots Parker's late run and swings the cross in but his header spoons high and wide!
    • 37' Corner to come in from the right... a brilliant delivery FINDS COLLINS TOTALLY UNMARKED ON THE PENALTY SPOT AND HE MUST SCORE BUT A HORRIBLE, SHANKED FINISH! He's not having a great half it must be said. Should have been the opener.
    • 36' Solano over the ball, about 35 yards out to the left.... brilliant delivery, whipped to the far post but headed behind by Lescott! They were queuing up for that one!
    • 33' Two sublime pieces of skill see Yakubu turn Collins inside out, leaving the Welshman on his backside and he's free on the left and drills it low but straight at Green who fumbles it but catches the loose ball.
    • 22' Parker is down injured but West Ham play on, with Solano on the right who punts it over and ASHTON WITH THE FLICKED FINISH BUT JUST WIDE OF THE POST! Great first-time improvisation from Ashton which totally bamboozled Howard, unlucky!
    • 15' One-touch play from West Ham, two moves break down but they keep coming forward in swarms as Solano's one-two with Mullins comes off a defender to the path of LJUNGBERG CLEAN THROUGH BUT A BRILLIANT SAVE BY HOWARD!
    • 13' Howard flaps at this corner too, West Ham putting loads of pressure on him, and it's only half-cleared for Ljungberg to spread it left to Ashton who fires in a low cross-shot but this time T-Ho holds onto it.
    • 12' Almost a great move by the Hammers as Cole holds it up, drifts wide right and sends in a superb cross for the no-longer-blond Ashton, whose finish is blocked behind for a corner.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Steve Tanner

  • West Ham

    Manager: Alan Curbishley

    Captain: Lucas Neill

    On the Field

    • Green
    • Neill
    • Collins
    • Upson
    • McCartney
    • Solano Substitution Out (59′)
    • Mullins Substitution Out (79′)
    • Parker
    • Ljungberg Yellow Card
    • Ashton
    • Cole

    Subs

    • Wright
    • Camara
    • Spector
    • Noble Substitution In (59′)
    • Reid Substitution In (79′)

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

  • Everton

    Manager: David Moyes

    Captain: Philip Neville

    On the Field

    • Howard
    • Neville
    • Yobo
    • Jagielka
    • Lescott
    • Arteta
    • Carsley
    • Osman
    • Pienaar
    • Cahill
    • Yakubu Goal Yellow Card Substitution Out (87′)

    Subs

    • Gravesen
    • Wessels
    • Johnson Substitution In (87′) Goal Yellow Card
    • Hibbert
    • McFadden

    Injured

    • Baines

    Suspended

    None