Maybe it was the removal of Yannick Bolasie and the introduction of Phil Jagielka that neatly underlined just why Goodison Park’s crowd is now more trusting of its manager.
Last season, the scenario was more or less the same: Everton closing out a 2-0 advantage against West Ham when their second substitution was made, one which then, proved ultimately to be decisive.
On that occasion, Roberto MartÃnez deemed it appropriate to replace Aaron Lennon with Oumar Niasse. Everton had an extra centre forward. Yet West Ham had an extra player on the pitch following Kevin Mirallas’s red card. The final score was Everton 2, West Ham 3.
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