Everton player ratings v West Ham: Senior player 5/10 as Allardyce watches on
Everton returned to winning ways with a 4-0 victory over West Ham at Goodison Park on Wednesday night as new manager Sam Allardyce watched on from the stands.
Wayne Rooney scored an unbelievable hat-trick to move the Toffees away from the Premier League relegation zone, but the problems for David Moyes and his Hammers side only appear to be getting worse.
Joe Hart conceded a penalty in the opening 45 minutes by bringing down Dominic Calvert-Lewin.
Although the West Ham goalkeeper saved the resulting spot-kick from Rooney, the ex-Manchester United attacker was on hand to tap the ball into an empty net.
Rooney was on hand again after he connected with Tom Davies' well-placed cross to put the Toffees two ahead.
West Ham got back into the game after the break and were awarded with a penalty.
However Hart's rival for the England No 1 jersey Jordan Pickford was on hand to save it, but unlike his international team-mate, he managed to parry away Manuel Lanzini's spot-kick.
Rooney made sure he would grab the headlines though by scoring one of the greatest goals in Premier League history from his own-half to beat Hart to round of his hat-trick, much to the joy of Allardyce.
Here, Football Insider rates the players out of 10 for their performances against the Hammers.
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Jordan Pickford - 8
Pickford did not have a single save to make in the first-half but West Ham improved after the break and tested him quite a few times.
In the 59th minute he pulled off a stunning penalty save to deny Lanzini from getting the Hammers back into the game.
The goalkeeper completely justified his price-tag with a brilliant display and is easily the best buy Ronald Koeman made in the summer.
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Jonjoe Kenny - 7
It was a brilliant display from the Goodison youth product as he stood in a right-back.
It's amazing that Ronald Koeman failed to see the quality of Kenny, who was a constant threat on the wing and did his defensive duties brilliantly.
When Seamus Coleman returns from injury, should Allardyce get him back in the team straight away? Or continue showing faith in Kenny?
Allardyce isn't likely to take risks so might not be the man to help progress
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Mason Holgate - 7
David Unsworth's backline selection came in for some criticism before the game, but against West Ham's limp attack, they were always going to have a fairly comfortable night.
Holgate did a thoroughly professional job beyond his years alongside Ashley Williams in the defence and will probably keep Michael Keane out of the side from now on after his dismal start to life on Merseyside.
However like Kenny, Allardyce won't be taking risks and will try to get the best out of the underperforming senior stars.
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Ashley Williams - 7
It was definitely a massive improvement from Williams against the Hammers.
He has probably been one of the worst players and one of the biggest culprits in the club's poor start to the season, but he had no such trouble on Wednesday night.
The Welshman did give away a penalty which was a major mark against his performance, but then rescued it with a quite brilliant header to round off an emphatic win.
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Cuco Martina - 5
Senior player Martina just can't seem to catch a break at Everton.
He has been sidelined for almost two months and once he returns to the side he has been thrust into playing at left-back, and his inability to play there was telling throughout the game.
The 28-year-old's one-footedness was painfully obvious in a poor performance from the ex-Southampton defender.
Allardcye needs to have a think about his full-back options in January, because away from the aging Leighton Baines and the injured Seamus Coleman, there is little experience and little quality.
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Tom Davies - 7
Davies was the man who made Everton tick against West Ham.
The up-and-coming star was thoroughly impressive and is someone that Allardyce should really look to build the team around if he wants to be at Goodison on a long-term basis.
Davies is a real gem of a playmaker and will only get better with every season he plays regularly in.
Who needs Ross Barkley?
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Idrissa Gueye - 7
It's hard to see how Morgan Schneiderlin will get back in this Everton team.
Gueye is a player that has been widely reported to have attracted attention from elsewhere due to his similarities to Chelsea's N'Golo Kante and you could see why on Wednesday.
The ex-Aston Villa man was cool, calm and composed in the midfield and gave West Ham very little chance to get forward.
Gueye could become a key feature of Allardyce's Everton.
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Aaron Lennon - 6
Lennon wasn't one of the stand-out players but he still put in a decent performance against West Ham.
The former Tottenham winger is perhaps a player that is on the edge of first-team football and will have to do a lot to show Allardyce that he is worth keeping in the first-team.
After what happened with Lennon not long ago, it's just good to see him back on the football pitch and doing what he does best.
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Gylfi Sigurdsson - 7
It was a much improved performance from Sigurdsson at Goodison Park in front of his new manager.
His pinpoint corner in the second-half helped round off what was a resounding win for the Toffees when he found the head of Williams.
West Ham were simply terrible and allowed the Iceland international with the time and space to put in a very solid shift.
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Wayne Rooney - 10
Cometh the hour, cometh Wayne Rooney.
Everton need senior figures to step up and seize the initiative to get themselves out of the rut they're in and Rooney is the man who needs to be that kind of person.
He was lucky to score the opening goal when Joe Hart saved his initial penalty kick when the ball fell to him to head into an empty net, but his second strike was anything by lucky as his fire and passion was evident.
Then something quite amazing happened with a goal that will no doubt go down in Premier League history as he rifled the ball into the back of the net - from his own half.
More performances like this from the ex-Manchester United and Everton will start charging back up the Premier League table.
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Dominic Calvert-Lewin - 7
Calvert-Lewin did well to win the penalty that led to Rooney opening the scoring.
His clever jink past Joe Hart was enough to see the West Ham goalkeeper bring him down and even though he made slight contact with the ball before the man, Calvert-Lewin would have likely got on to the end of it to have a pop at goal.
The England youth international got forward well though and caused problems for the Hammers backline, he was just missing a goal.
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Beni Baningime - 6
Replaced the irresistible Rooney in the 85th minute and had little to do as the game fizzled out into what was a brilliant win for Everton.
Ademola Lookman - 6
The attacker came on for Lennon with just minutes to go and looked solid as the game ended.
Nikola Vlasic - 6
The Croat was introduced in stoppage time for Calvert-Lewin and had little chance to make any sort of impact.
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