Source: Daily_Mail
West Ham 1 Everton 2: Toffees silence the king of comebacks
West Ham slipped back into the bottom three as Everton brought an end to the comeback trend at Upton Park.[LNB]After battling manfully to overturn a two-goal deficit at home against Arsenal and earning a vital three points against Aston Villa with a 90th- minute winner in midweek, West Ham's luck ran out amid a catalogue of missed opportunities.[LNB]Gianfranco Zola's side came agonisingly close to yet another turnaround with a stirring last 30 minutes. If only West Ham could play with the same vigour and commitment from the start they would surely not be at the wrong end of the table.[LNB]In the end goals either side of the break from Louis Saha and Dan Gosling proved too big a gap to bridge, even after Tony Hibbert's own goal had raised hopes of yet another escape.[LNB] Hair-raiser: West Ham's Matthew Upson (right) gets to grips with Everton's Marouane Fellaini[LNB] 'A team that plays as well as us has to get more points,' conceded Zola. 'There are a lot of things to work on and we are going to be doing that.[LNB]'All of us, including myself, are going to have to look for solutions to these problems. But I belive with the team I have got we can stay up.'[LNB]Zola refused to blame the absence of the injured Carlton Cole for his side's failure to convert their chances. And Zavon Hines' performance after coming on for Cole against Villa, capped by his late winner, suggested West Ham might just be able to cope with the absence of their influential striker.[LNB]But the academy product was guilty of two misses his more experienced team-mate would surely have tucked away with score at 2-1.[LNB]Frustrated: Zola says his team deserves more points[LNB] To be fair to Hines, his contribution far outstripped that of Luis Jimenez and Guillermo Franco and it required the introduction of Alessandro Diamanti for West Ham to start threatening Everton.[LNB]Saha's goal lit up a largely forgettable first half. The striker's finish from the edge of the box was deadly and took his tally to five in three games against West Ham.[LNB]'Saha's scoring record against West Ham was in my mind,' admitted David Moyes, who withdraw his goalscorer as a precaution early in the second half. 'He has a calf strain and probably should not have been playing.'[LNB]Gosling appeared to have put the result beyond doubt, crashing in a left-foot strike after seeing his initial right-foot effort saved by Robert Green.[LNB]Inspired by the introduction of Diamanti, West Ham pulled one back when substitute Junior Stanislas latched on to the Italian's long pass before chipping[LNB]Tim Howard. Hibbert raced back to try to clear off the line but succeeded only in blasting the ball into the roof of the net, much to the disappointment of his manager.[LNB]But even with Everton rocking, Hines's two misses from close range and Franco and Stanislas' failure to turn in Scott Parker's hooked cross deep into added time sealed West Ham's fate.[LNB]Delighted to have ended West Ham's mini-revival with a first win in eight attempts, Moyes admitted he feared yet another comeback from Zola's side.[LNB]'When it was 2-0, I felt we had shored it up with nearly a perfect away performance. When they made it 2-1, there were too many spaces,' said the Everton manager.[LNB] Wolves 1 Arsenal 4: Goal crazy Gunners on way to 150Northwich 1 Charlton 0: Barman Wayne Riley is the toast of Northwich after FA cup shockWhen Ab met Fab for lunch... England boss Capello spotted with AbramovichOur soldiers are dying in Afghanistan. We should ALL wear a poppy - Harry[LNB] Explore more:People:Robert Green, Matthew Upson, David Moyes, Louis Saha, Gianfranco Zola, Luis JimenezPlaces:Upton Park
