Everton vs West Ham: Player Ratings - Keane and Garner impress in another missed opportunity | OneFootball

Everton had to settle for a point after another missed opportunity, drawing 1-1 with a struggling West Ham side at Hill Dickinson Stadium.

Jarrod Bowen became the first opposition player to score at the new ground and he cancelled out Michael Keane’s brilliant first-half header.

Despite the single point picked up here, the Toffees are probably going to feel disappointed after failing to capitalise on another unsettled opponent following similar missed opportunities against Aston Villa and Wolves recently.

The Blues haven’t picked up all three points in a month but still maintain their place in the top half of the league table after the draw against Nuno Espirito Santo's side.

Both Jack Grealish and Iliman Ndiaye were kept rather quiet tonight by the Hammers and the lack of threat from the hosts' number nine became evident once again. Both Beto and Thierno Barry often stick out like a sore thumb and bring little to the table offensively once the Blues’ wingers are sufficiently dealt with.

Here are the player ratings from Everton’s 1-1 draw with West Ham:

Jordan Pickford: 7

The scoreline could’ve been worse had it not been for Jordan Pickford being decisive during a couple of moments. He saved Jake O’Brien’s blushes after the defender miscued his header back to the goalkeeper, which was intercepted by Cryscencio Summerville just inches away from Pickford.

He also came rushing out of his line to clear the ball from Summerville’s feet inside the box on another occasion. Had little to do with the Jarrod Bowen goal, given that it took a massive deflection of Michael Keane before going in.

Jake O’Brien: 4

One of the poorest players on the pitch for Everton, O’Brien had very little going for him in this game. He gave the ball away just a few feet away from Pickford’s goal and was saved by his goalkeeper.

O’Brien also had a torrid time keeping track of Summerville and Malick Diouf on his flank and lost his man on a number of occasions. West Ham’s goal came from a buildup through his flank.

However, O’Brien did make a couple of vital interceptions towards the end of the game.

James Tarkowski: 6

Could’ve gotten an assist after delivering a fantastic cross to Beto from the half-space in the first half of the game. Tarkowski, however, was completely outpaced by Diouf, which led to Bowen’s goal and failed to prevent the cross into the box. Had a rash moment that saw him testing the referee's patience after going into the book, but was otherwise solid defensively.

Michael Keane: 8

Michael Keane had a brilliant game tonight. It was his powerful dipping header that put Everton in front in the first half. Keane also headed away the cross from Diouf, which unfortunately fell to Bowen and despite getting his body in the way, he couldn’t deflect the shot away from Pickford’s goal. Led the backline well and prevented the visitors from creating too many chances.

Vitalii Mykolenko: 6

It was a pretty solid display from Mykolenko, although he could’ve probably done better to prevent Bowen from taking the shot that led to the West Ham equaliser. Mykolenko also got forward on a few occasions in this game and played a lovely ball in the first half.

James Garner: 8

Garner delivered the delicious cross in the first half that led to Keane’s goal. He was everywhere once again and it is his industry combined with Idrissa Gueye’s niftiness that led to the hosts’ best phases of the game.

He also produced a good save off Areola late in the game as his ball-striking continues to be a constant threat for Everton.

Idrissa Gueye: 5

Played an awful pass back to Tarkowski which led to the central defender’s booking in the first half. Gueye recovered the ball on a few occasions but failed to kick on in the second half.

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall: 7

It was a positive showing from Dewsbury-Hall, who was involved in some of the Blues’ best attempts, especially in the second half. He was unfortunate to go into the referee’s book despite a clean tackle late in the game and will now miss the match against Crystal Palace.

Iliman Ndiaye: 5 (replaced by Tyler Dibling at 81’)

It was a poor game from Iliman Ndiaye who looked boxed in tonight and failed to create danger from the right flank. He was kept quiet by the opposition defenders.

Moyes should’ve made the Dibling change a lot earlier just to shake things up on the flank.

Beto: 4 (replaced by Thierno Barry at 69’)

Beto could’ve done a lot better with the excellent Tarkowski cross in the first half that led to Everton’s first shot on target. The Everton number nine failed to get enough power behind his header.

He had another anonymous night in front of goal and it’s concerning how much of a headache the striker slot is becoming. Neither Beto nor Barry seem up to the mark.

Jack Grealish: 6

Grealish had a quiet game by his usual standards. Although his talent shone through on a couple of occasions, meaningful forays into the opposition box were few and far between.

Probably didn’t help that Kyle Walker-Peters and Soungoutou Magassa were very physical in dealing with him, especially early on in the game, forcing Grealish to drop deeper and deeper.

Substitutions

Thierno Barry: 5

Much like the man he replaced, Barry also had little impact on the game. He didn’t get a lot of service either.

Tyler Dibling: 6

Came on for the last 10 minutes and made a couple of intelligent moves with the ball, cutting in from the right flank.

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Keane and Garner 7; the rest a 4 at best.

Poor showing by most involved, defence-wise shocking tonight, better sides than West Ham would have toasted us tonight.

Attack-wise, inept, slow, ponderous, frustrating, weak.

Take your pick really.

Sorry, I can't agree with the Gana write-up. Every pass he hit was underhit or off target he was dreadful tonight.

Ndiaye is wasted on the right wing, doesn't get involved enough, then tries to do too much when he does get it and loses it.

And Tarkowski has stunk all season, a really disappointing performance tonight under the lights.

Paul Hughes 3 Posted 29/09/2025 at 23:05:39

Play like that on Sunday and Palace will overwhelm us. Jack needs to be more fearless. Jake gives his best, but he was out of his depth tonight. I say give Ndiaye a shot at playing the No 9 role and play to his feet and Dibling out wide right.

Colin Glassar 4 Posted 29/09/2025 at 23:06:41

Agreed Mick, if we had a RB I’d rest Tarkowski and play O’Brien there with Branthwaite.

I’d play Keane up front with Ndiaye behind him

Dibling looked good so he can replace KDH for the Palace game.

Beto was poor, his early header was weak and he fell over his own feet on several occasions. That said, at least he got to the ball a few times while I don’t remember anything Barry did at all. One was crap but tried quite hard, the other was worse and looked like he was entirely uninterested.

I felt very sorry for O’Brien who was given the worst of all jobs. He’s a bit hefty lad who is good in physical duels and at jumping and heading. Putting him up against a speedy little winger was the worst possible assignment.

It was clear by 50 minutes that the “give it to Grealish and hope something happens” tactic had been rumbled. Barry should have gone off and the entire attack been rejigged.

Pity there isn’t a rating for the officials Roy because it could have been the first minus rating this season.

How the hell he could book Tarks for his first foul in the game then let a dreadful challenge by Weat Ham go unpunished.

No penalty for a clear arm out offence. Grealish gets brought down 4 times before Kyle walker Peters gets a yellow and as for the booking that puts kdh out of our next game well that was beyond belief.

Keane had a good game and scored a beaut but he still deflects own goals and we concede a lot more when he is playing. Not my favorite player.

Ndiaye was poor tonight and didn’t help O’Brien who was pushing up when he kept losing possession and allowed them to get a run on Jake.

I normally defend Beto but he was literally like Bambi tonight. I would have taken him off at Half time to spare his blushes.

No matter how good our build up play is we need that clinical finisher with proper movement off the ball.