Goals from Romelu Lukaku and Ross Barkley ensured that Ronald Koeman’s Everton put an end to five Premier League matches without a win after they beat West Ham United 2-0 at Goodison Park on Saturday.
After a tame opening to proceedings, the Toffees might have found the lead after 20 minutes when Idrissa Gueye turned in a strike towards goal, although frontman Lukaku was unable to bring things under control despite finding space near to goal.
The Hammers slowly grew into the fixture and they might have earned an opener before the break as Manuel Lanzini made light work of Ramiro Funes Mori, before firing his effort off target without troubling Joel Robles.
Proceedings picked up in intensity during the second half and the game came to life in the 50th minute, as Lukaku was able to make use of some industrious work from Yannick Bolasie to turn the ball beyond Adrian and earn his 50th Premier League goal for Everton.
West Ham could have registered a quick reply soon after the goal, but they were thwarted by the excellence of Robles, who made up some impressive ground as he tipped Mark Noble’s curling effort wide of the post.
The chance seemed to instil some urgency into Koeman’s men and they made it 2-0 through Barkley, who started a brilliant move with Lukaku before making up all of 50 yards in order to turn a smart finish beyond Adrian in 76th minute.
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