Source: Daily_Mail
Flying Ilan gives relegation threatened West Ham a big lift with late equaliser at Everton
This is the moment Araujo Ilan earned West Ham United a point at Everton as Gianfranco Zola's struggling side battle to avoid relegation.The Brazilian striker, on as a substitute for Mido, struck three minutes from time in a 2-2 draw at Goodison Park yesterday after Yakubu looked to have won it for Everton. Ilan's goal could prove crucial to the Hammers' chances of staying in the Barclays Premier League as it keeps them one point above the relegation zone. Magic moment: West Ham's late equaliserUnder-pressure West Ham manager Zola said: 'At 2-1, it could have been a massive blow, but we reacted and it was brilliant. 'We never gave up. Wecame back in the second half, we equalised and played well. 'Their second goal could have been a blow for everybody but we reacted andscored an equaliser straight away. We showed we don't give up for anything. 'Don't forget Everton have beaten all the best teams at this ground - they area team on top form so what we did today wasn't a simple thing.' Everton boss David Moyes conceded a draw was probably a fair result.The Toffees could have had a penalty in the second half when Da Costa appearedto trip Louis Saha but Moyes admitted his team were lucky not to have earlierbeen reduced to 10 men. Sylvain Distin was shown only a yellow card for fouling Carlton Cole when hewas the last man and conceding the penalty Tim Howard saved from Mido. Costly: Howard saves Mido's spot kickMoyes said: 'We are disappointed to be 2-1 up and throw it away in the lastthree or four minutes, but the game was tight. 'We didn't play well enough to merit more but sometimes when you don't playgreat you hope to win it, and it looked like we had done that late on. 'I could say I am hard done by not getting the penalty kick - the decision wasa poor one - but I have to also say on another day Sylvain Distin could havebeen sent off.' GRAHAM POLL: Big decisions are troubling referee Howard Webb - just ask Louis Saha and Carlton ColeEverton 2 West Ham 2: Hammers fans want misfit Mido sent off!