West Ham’s Andriy Yarmolenko proves his worth in victory at Everton | Jonathan Wilson


Ukrainian provides perfect birthday gift for Manuel Pellegrini with two goals towards a first league win of the season

In West Ham’s situation any win will do. They are off the mark, off the bottom of the table and, on Manuel Pellegrini’s 65th birthday, they ensured they avoided the worst start to a league season in the club’s history. In the goals and all-round performance of Andriy Yarmolenko there were even tentative signs that the summer signings may turn out to offer some value. But nobody should be sounding the all-clear just yet: West Ham will face few opponents as sloppy and lacklustre as Everton were at the back on Sunday.

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