Source: TheGuardian
Yarmolenko double against Everton helps West Ham to first league win
With media duties over and free to commence birthday celebrations, Manuel Pellegrini was asked what West Ham’s players had given him for his 65th. “Three goals,” he beamed. They gave him so much more: a first Premier League win of the season, a release from the pressure and a performance to dispel the doubts that had developed in the early weeks of his reign, to be precise.West Ham’s losing run felt like a trick of the mind as they confidently condemned Everton to the first defeat of Marco Silva’s tenure and executed Pellegrini’s pre-match instructions to perfection. “I told the players that Everton must feel from the start that we have come to get three points, not just have a good performance,” the Chilean said. In Andriy Yarmolenko and Marko Arnautovic the visitors possessed the quality necessary to punish an error-strewn Everton performance and disorganised defence. Yarmolenko struck twice on his full league debut to demonstrate his fitness is improving in tandem with West Ham’s appreciation of their new manager’s ideas. Arnautovic added a merited third before departing with a knee injury that will be assessed on Monday. Related: Everton v West Ham United: Premier League – live! Continue reading......read full article
