It's the best time for Everton to extend their lead as both 6th placed Portsmouth and 7th placed Aston Villa faltered in both their matches. Timmy and Anichebe are back for Everton, but AJ, Yobo and Pienaar are all out due to injury.
Everton went in search from the word go, but it was West Ham who struck the cross bar first in the 4th minute. Everton then went on the attack but could only put the ball off target via Ossie's header.
Everton has the lead in the 7th minute! A nice back header by Anichebe reached Yak, who shook off the defender, controlled the ball with his head, powered ahead of two other defenders before placing a shot past the opposing goalkeeper. Everton 1-0 West Ham.
Oh no, Timmy is out injured. What's happening to Everton's players in the final few games? He is replaced by Fernandes. But you know things are not doin too bad when even Ossie is winning his headers. Yak scores again, but he was deemed offside. Fernandes seems to be a little tentative in his play. His confidence is a little suspect.
Everton is giving West Ham an uncomfortable time in the 24th minutes as they continue to put pressure on the opposition through back-to-back free kicks and corners. The opposition themselves look like they are disintegrating with arguments between team mates and also, with the referee. But they nearly scored through a mixed up between Arteta and Jag.
Jag is proving to be a revelation with stop after stop to prevent West Ham from troubling Howard. Anichebe was put though on goal by Yak but the goalkeeper made a wonderful save.
What a reflex save by Howard! A free kick by West Ham broke through the wall, deflected off the knee of Lescott but stopped by the foot of Howard. Half time and Everton will need to extend their lead.
Everton start with a full seven minutes of pressure on West Ham. But the opposition also have a punch of their own and through a corner, showed that they could attack too. Everton hit back in the 56th minute but Yak did not have the opportunity to have a clean strike at goal.
Fernandes really looked off form or totally not interested at all. In the 64th minute, the referee played the advantage after the opposing defender had trip him the ball reached Ossie, slide a pass to Bainesy who came one-on-one with the goalkeeper. But the latter made a wonderful save. Then, West Ham came back to score the equaliser. Everton 1-1 West Ham.
Once again, Moyes's hands are tied as he really have no other strikers to go for. They are really looking lost now. Everton won themselves a point, but barely.
Score: Everton 1-1 West Ham
Scorer: Yak
Assist: Anichebe
Sub: Fernandes
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