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Three things we learnt from Everton’s 2-0 win over West Ham
The Centre Forward Position Was The Difference
There wasn’t much between these two teams yesterday, but one key difference was the personnel they had up front. Bilic went with Michail Antonio; a player with plenty of attractive qualities but not a specialist forward, while Everton had Romelu Lukaku who has scored almost 100 Premier League goals.
That Antonio, a player who was picked at right back on the opening weekend of the season, was picked ahead of Simone Zaza tells you everything you need to know about where the Italian stands in the pecking order.
West Ham spent the whole summer trying to spend big money on a striker, and made this desire very public, but they’d need to spend a king’s ransom to find someone of Lukaku’s quality.
His link up play in tight spaces is getting better, but still needs improving. However, the former Chelsea striker was a classy presence in this game and can be devastating when given grass to run into.