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Phil Kirkbride

'Everton's players spent most of first-half kicking the ball into touch' in West Ham draw

John Aizlewood, Telegraph

"It wasn’t much of a game. After 90 attritional minutes, Everton, the team to which David Moyes almost returned, prised a point from West Ham United, the team to which he actually did return. For all the effort and endeavour on display, it wasn’t pretty."

Riath Al-Samarrai, Mail on Sunday

"For Ancelotti, it is about reaching a level of defensive organisation that they can cope with set-pieces - Issa Diop's opener for West Ham was the ninth from a dead ball that Everton have conceded this season - and from there, he also needs to reduce the individual errors. Goodness, how many they made in the first half of this match.

"But the progress comes in knowing they are getting points from games that Marco Silva would lose.

Dominic Calvert-Lewin heads to score during the Premier League match between West Ham United and Everton at London Stadium on January 18, 2020 (Photo by Tony McArdle /Everton FC via Getty Images)

"By virtue of Dominic Calvert-Lewin's leveller four minutes after Diop's header, they have now taken 10 points from a possible 15 since he came in. 

"This one was ugly and it was disjointed but it wasn't a defeat. That matters."

Phil Kirkbride's verdict from West Ham draw as Richarlison absence felt

Jacob Steinberg, The Guardian

"West Ham are locked in yet another survival fight, a point above 18th-placed Aston Villa, and this was a missed opportunity given that Everton’s players spent most of the first half taking it in turns to kick the ball into touch. “Our first half was better than the second half,” David Moyes said. “We had our chances and didn’t take them.”

Paul Brown, Daily Star

"...it was a poor game between two poor teams at London Stadium, where home fans staged a static protest against co-chairmen David Sullivan and David Gold.

"Everton will be happier with a point – but they remain winless now in 35 Premier League matches when conceding the opening goal."

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