A penalty save and three second-half goals saw the Hammers pull off a stunning 3-2 Barclays Premier League victory at Goodison Park
Everton 2-3 West Ham United
Barclays Premier League, Goodison Park, Saturday 5 March 2016
Dimitri Payet scored a dramatic late winner as West Ham United came from two goals down to secure an outstanding 3-2 Barclays Premier League victory over Everton at Goodison Park.
Payet followed up winning the Premier League Player of the Year at the London Football Awards in style by scoring the winning goal with just seconds left on the clock.
The Hammers looked to be out of the game after Romelu Lukaku and Aaron Lennon had fired the home side into a two-goal lead early in the second half – despite losing Kevin Mirallas to a red card with the score at 1-0 before half-time.
The game looked up when substitute Alex Song was penalised for a foul on fellow replacement Muhamed Besic with 21 minutes to go, but Adrian again proved to be Everton’s spot-kick nemesis by saving Lukaku’s penalty.
Adrian’s save turned out to be crucial as Slaven Bilic's side refused to lie down and late goals from Michail Antonio, substitute Diafra Sakho and Payet helped secure a third victory in the space of eight days.
The victory moved the Hammers back up to fifth and kept alive their hopes of securing a European place at the end of the season.
Much earlier in a pulsating match, Everton could have broken the deadlock after just five minutes when the ball fell to James McCarthy on the edge of the box and he fired a half-volley which was superbly tipped over the bar by Adrian.
The Hammers also had chances early in the game and came close on eleven when Payet raced unchallenged towards the Everton penalty area and struck a low shot which flew inches past the post.
But it was the home side who opened the scoring on 13 minutes. Bryan Oviedo played the ball into Lukaku who raced past Reece Oxford and fired a left foot shot past Adrian into the corner of the net.
The Belgian forward certainly enjoys playing against the Hammers and has now scored in all eight of his appearances against the east London Club – but that joy would turn to disappointment later in the game.
West Ham refused to let the goal affect them and came close to grabbing an equaliser when Cheikhou Kouyate directed a header straight at Robles in the Everton goal on before Michail Antonio drilled a left-foot shot wide of the goal.
Adrian came to West Ham's rescue on 25 minutes when Ross Barkley lost his man, only for the Spaniard to claw his shot away from the top corner.
West Ham then had strong claims for a penalty turned down on 29 minutes after Funes Mori appeared to bring down Angelo Ogbonna but referee Anthony Tayloir ignored the strong appeals.
However, Taylor did act five minutes later when Everton were reduced to ten men after Mirallas was shown his second yellow card for a late challenge on Cresswell.
The Hammers almost made the extra man count straight away when Cresswell put in a teasing cross which picked out Emenike, but the No29 saw his close-range shot superbly kept out by Robles.
Instead, it was ten-man Everton who doubled their lead on 56 minutes as Lennon cut in from the left hand side and played a neat interchange with Lukaku before stroking the ball past Adrian.
Bilic responded straight away by making a double change, bringing on Sakho and Song to replace Emenike and Pedro Obiang.
West Ham were still controlling possession and territory with no reward and could have been dead and buried when Taylor awarded a penalty, only for Adrian to guess and dive right to deny Lukaku.
The Hammers made Roberto Martinez’s side pay in dramatic style.
The comeback started on 78 minutes when Mark Noble's cross picked out Antonio, who made no mistake with a powerful header from close-range past Joel.
Just as they had done at Norwich in their last away league fixture, West Ham scored twice in three minutes to equalise when Payet's cross picked out Sakho, who angled his header expertly into the back of the net.
Payet then scored his tenth goal of the season and stole the headlines once again when Sakho flicked the ball into the French star and he made no mistake, sending the 2,500-strong Claret and Blue Army into a state of near-hysteria and his side up into the top-five.
Everton: Robles, Stones (Besic 46), Funes Mori, Jagielka, Coleman, Oviedo, McCarthy, Barkley, Lennon (Niasse 75), Mirallas, Lukaku
Subs not used: Howard, Baines, Barry, Osman, Deulofeu
Goals: Lukaku 13, Lennon 56
Bookings: Mirallas, Robles
Sent-off: Mirallas
West Ham United: Adrian, Kouyate, Oxford (Carroll 46), Ogbonna, Antonio, Obiang (Song 59), Noble, Cresswell, Lanzini, Payet, Emenike (Sakho 59)
Subs not used: Randolph, Henry, Hendrie, Dobson
Goals: Antonio 79, Sakho 82, Payet 90
Bookings: Antonio, Ogbonna
Referee: Anthony Taylor
Attendance: 39,000
Barclays Premier League, Goodison Park, Saturday 5 March 2016
Dimitri Payet scored a dramatic late winner as West Ham United came from two goals down to secure an outstanding 3-2 Barclays Premier League victory over Everton at Goodison Park.
Payet followed up winning the Premier League Player of the Year at the London Football Awards in style by scoring the winning goal with just seconds left on the clock.
The Hammers looked to be out of the game after Romelu Lukaku and Aaron Lennon had fired the home side into a two-goal lead early in the second half – despite losing Kevin Mirallas to a red card with the score at 1-0 before half-time.
The game looked up when substitute Alex Song was penalised for a foul on fellow replacement Muhamed Besic with 21 minutes to go, but Adrian again proved to be Everton’s spot-kick nemesis by saving Lukaku’s penalty.
Adrian’s save turned out to be crucial as Slaven Bilic's side refused to lie down and late goals from Michail Antonio, substitute Diafra Sakho and Payet helped secure a third victory in the space of eight days.
The victory moved the Hammers back up to fifth and kept alive their hopes of securing a European place at the end of the season.
Much earlier in a pulsating match, Everton could have broken the deadlock after just five minutes when the ball fell to James McCarthy on the edge of the box and he fired a half-volley which was superbly tipped over the bar by Adrian.
The Hammers also had chances early in the game and came close on eleven when Payet raced unchallenged towards the Everton penalty area and struck a low shot which flew inches past the post.
But it was the home side who opened the scoring on 13 minutes. Bryan Oviedo played the ball into Lukaku who raced past Reece Oxford and fired a left foot shot past Adrian into the corner of the net.
The Belgian forward certainly enjoys playing against the Hammers and has now scored in all eight of his appearances against the east London Club – but that joy would turn to disappointment later in the game.
West Ham refused to let the goal affect them and came close to grabbing an equaliser when Cheikhou Kouyate directed a header straight at Robles in the Everton goal on before Michail Antonio drilled a left-foot shot wide of the goal.
Adrian came to West Ham's rescue on 25 minutes when Ross Barkley lost his man, only for the Spaniard to claw his shot away from the top corner.
West Ham then had strong claims for a penalty turned down on 29 minutes after Funes Mori appeared to bring down Angelo Ogbonna but referee Anthony Tayloir ignored the strong appeals.
However, Taylor did act five minutes later when Everton were reduced to ten men after Mirallas was shown his second yellow card for a late challenge on Cresswell.
The Hammers almost made the extra man count straight away when Cresswell put in a teasing cross which picked out Emenike, but the No29 saw his close-range shot superbly kept out by Robles.
Instead, it was ten-man Everton who doubled their lead on 56 minutes as Lennon cut in from the left hand side and played a neat interchange with Lukaku before stroking the ball past Adrian.
Bilic responded straight away by making a double change, bringing on Sakho and Song to replace Emenike and Pedro Obiang.
West Ham were still controlling possession and territory with no reward and could have been dead and buried when Taylor awarded a penalty, only for Adrian to guess and dive right to deny Lukaku.
The Hammers made Roberto Martinez’s side pay in dramatic style.
The comeback started on 78 minutes when Mark Noble's cross picked out Antonio, who made no mistake with a powerful header from close-range past Joel.
Just as they had done at Norwich in their last away league fixture, West Ham scored twice in three minutes to equalise when Payet's cross picked out Sakho, who angled his header expertly into the back of the net.
Payet then scored his tenth goal of the season and stole the headlines once again when Sakho flicked the ball into the French star and he made no mistake, sending the 2,500-strong Claret and Blue Army into a state of near-hysteria and his side up into the top-five.
Everton: Robles, Stones (Besic 46), Funes Mori, Jagielka, Coleman, Oviedo, McCarthy, Barkley, Lennon (Niasse 75), Mirallas, Lukaku
Subs not used: Howard, Baines, Barry, Osman, Deulofeu
Goals: Lukaku 13, Lennon 56
Bookings: Mirallas, Robles
Sent-off: Mirallas
West Ham United: Adrian, Kouyate, Oxford (Carroll 46), Ogbonna, Antonio, Obiang (Song 59), Noble, Cresswell, Lanzini, Payet, Emenike (Sakho 59)
Subs not used: Randolph, Henry, Hendrie, Dobson
Goals: Antonio 79, Sakho 82, Payet 90
Bookings: Antonio, Ogbonna
Referee: Anthony Taylor
Attendance: 39,000