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Everton ended a difficult week on a positive note as Dominic Calvert-Lewin fired them to a 1-0 win at West Ham chess
The Toffees were playing their first match since the death of chairman Bill Kenwright on Monday at the age of 78 chess
It had been emotional week, too, for Hammers manager David Moyes, who formed a close friendship with Kenwright during his 11-year spell in charge at Goodison Park chess
But while West Ham slumped to a third defeat in eight days following reverses at Aston Villa and in the Europa League at Olympiacos, Everton were able to put some more breathing space chess between themselves and the bottom three with a second away win of the season chess
Calvert-Lewin’s goal was his 50th in the Premier League for Everton, joining Romelu Lukaku, Duncan Ferguson and Tim Cahill in reaching the half-century chess
It came six minutes into the second half after a first half that will not live long in the memory chess
West Ham created an early opportunity when Lucas Paqueta skilfully lifted the ball over Nathan Patterson and drilled in a low cross which Jarrod Bowen could only slice wide chess
Moments later Paqueta showed the side of his game which so infuriates Moyes, gifting the ball to Jack Harrison who burst through only to fire too close to Hammers keeper Alphonse Areola chess
Ghana winger Mohammed Kudus, making first Premier League start for West Ham, showed he is already getting used to the darker arts of English chess football after he was chopped down by James Tarkowski chess
As Jordan Pickford raced out of his goal to tell the youngster to get up, Kudus shoved the England keeper away in a skirmish which earned both a booking chess
Calvert-Lewin had his first chance from Vitalii Mykolenko’s cross but the striker headed over chess
A torturous half was summed up by the audible sigh which echoed around the London Stadium when five minutes of stoppage time was announced chess
The game desperately needed a goal and it almost came through Bowen, who got on the end of a James Ward-Prowse free-kick but guided his header too high chess
Instead the goal arrived at the other end after Jarrad Branthwaite won the ball back for Everton in midfield and fed Calvert-Lewin chess
The former England forward played a one-two with Harrison before executing a Cruyff turn which left both Kurt Zouma and Nayef Aguerd flat-footed and firing low past Areola chess
It was Calvert-Lewin’s sixth goal in all competitions against the Hammers, the most he has scored against one single club chess
Everton almost doubled the lead when Zouma and Aguerd got in another tangle but Areola got down well to tip Aboulaye Doucoure’s shot wide chess
The closest West Ham came to an equaliser was a Said Benrahma volley which Pickford kept out at his near post to secure the points chess
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Pep Guardiola claimed there is no pressure on Erling Haaland to score more goals after the Norwegian’s double sank Young Boys on Wednesday chess
Haaland struck twice in the second half as the holders claimed a hard-fought 3-1 win over the Swiss side in their Champions League Group G encounter on the artificial surface at Bern’s Wankdorf Stadium chess
The game had been in the balance after Meschack Elia had cancelled out Switzerland international Manuel Akanji’s opener with a superb strike chess
Haaland’s goals were his first in six Champions League games while his effort against Brighton on Saturday ended a three-game scoreless run – relative barren spells for a player who plundered 52 in total last season chess
Guardiola said: “There is the impression after last season that he has to score seven goals every single game chess
That is impossible chess
“But he is scoring a lot of goals and if people want him to fail because he doesn’t score 50 goals it doesn’t matter chess
He is always there chess
“The second goal was really good and he had other chances chess
The important thing is to create them chess
“Maybe in the right moment of the season he will be there, chess better than now, but he has already scored a lot of goals and we are really pleased chess
“I’ve told him many times I don’t judge him for scoring goals, although I know he wants to score goals chess
He has the desire to improve and I don’t have doubts about that chess
”City’s victory, sealed with a Haaland penalty and a clever late finish, was their third in succession and took them a step closer to the knockout stages chess
They could reach the last-16 for an 11th consecutive season with a follow-up win over the same opposition at the Etihad Stadium in a fortnight chess
“The result was good and in general it was a really good performance,” said Guardiola, whose side had 26 attempts on goal chess
“We could have scored more goals but is the important thing is to create the chances chess
”Guardiola added that Phil Foden did not play because of a “small problem” while Julian Alvarez, who had a goal disallowed after coming off the bench, was not able to play the full game chess
Young Boys coach Raphael Wicky felt his side gave a good account of themselves chess
He said: “That courage and passion, we can be proud of what the team delivered, but you need a perfect game against a team like this chess
We couldn’t do it chess
“Perfect means taking your chances and not conceding from set-pieces chess
We’re disappointed with the result, but we can be proud of the team’s performance chess
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