The Mexican defender Edson Álvarez came off with one of his best performances in his time in European football, both at Ajax and now at West Ham United, making his debut as a scorer in the Premier League with the goal that sealed his team’s victory over Everton in matchday 27.
Álvarez had a great performance both in defense and attack, showing a versatility that helped the London team overcome an initial disadvantage with Everton’s goal through Portuguese Beto Betuncal in the 56th minute.
The delay in the goals of the match until the second half was due to the intensity with which Everton tried to equalize forces against a superior squad in points in the general classification of the demanding English League.
For this reason, the Portuguese Betuncal was able to open the scoring and cause West Ham United to have a furious reaction. to come from behind and turn the score around.
Precisely this reaction had a lot to do with the Aztec defender, who with successful defensive actions and generation of attacking play, collaborated with his teammates to turn the score around.
Six minutes later, Frenchman Kurt Zouma scored the 1-1 tie to increase the pressure against the hosts.
With the score tied, the “Hammers” continued to press and the reward for their efforts came in stoppage time, when the Czech Tomáš Souček scored the goal that put West Ham United ahead 1-2 in the 90+1 minute.
But the effort of the London team would have more reward when in the 90+5 minute the Mexican Edson Álvarez was dispatched with a great action traveling the entire field to arrive and define as big for the final 1-3.
In the play, the former Ajax player made a great strike that was well seen by Jarrol Bowen, who passed him the ball to sign the counterattack.
Álvarez without stopping made a beautiful play to make the final 3-1 in a game that the home team started winning with a goal from Beto. Advantage that they did not defend since Zouma and Soucek appeared to turn the score around.
Without a doubt an outstanding victory, especially since Everton was the team that spent the actions, converting the visiting goalkeeper, the Frenchman Alphonse Areola, in the figure that kept Edson’s team in the game. Even the goalkeeper managed to stop a penalty against Beto himself.
Now West Ham occupies seventh position, although still eight points behind Tottenham, which occupies fifth place, the last one that gives tickets to Europe.
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