LIVERPOOL, England — Andriy Yarmolenko helped West Ham collect its first points of the Premier League season, scoring twice in a 3-1 victory at Everton on Sunday. West Ham had scored just twice in its opening four matches, but matched that in the opening 31 minutes at Goodison Park thanks to Yarmolenko, who joined in the off-season from Borussia Dortmund. Everton manager Marco Silva’s tactical substitution a minute before halftime paid instant dividends as Gylfi Sigurdsson pulled a goal back in stoppage time. Everton had most of the possession in the opening half-hour but created little and then conceded from the visitors’ first threat. Cutting in from the right, Yarmolenko held off from shooting initially before curling a left-footed strike inside the far post.

Source: National Post September 16, 2018 17:26 UTC