West Ham temporarily moved up to fifth in the Premier League after overcoming relegation-threatened Everton 2-1 at the London Stadium on Jarrod Bowen struck on his return to the side after a four-game absence with a foot injury (58) to ensure the Hammers remain firmly in the hunt for Champions League qualification
Aaron Cresswell had given the home side the lead with a brilliant free-kick (32) before Mason Holgate - who was a late selection after Donny van de Beek suffered an injury in the warm-up - equalised for Everton eight minutes after half time
Bowen's response was immediate, and the visitors were reduced to 10 men when Michael Keane was sent off for a second bookable offence (65) in bringing down Michail Antonio - a third red card in Everton's last three games
The result means Frank Lampard's side remain perilously close to the relegation zone - three points above 18th-placed Watford with two games in hand but only four points above Burnley, with the two sides facing each other next on Wednesday, live on 
West Ham slipped back to sixth position later on Sunday after  courtesy of four goals in a devastating 20-minute spell
Lampard called for his Everton players to develop better resilience to improve the worst away record in England's top four divisions - just six points from a possible 42 on the road
In fact, dropping all the way down to National League North and South, only one side - National League Dover - have performed worse away from home
 Lampard blamed a poor reaction to adversity for such an appalling statistic, and they were up against it again as West Ham started the brighter of the two sides
Pablo Fornals, on his return to the West Ham side, scuffed a presentable opportunity that was blocked by Keane from Ryan Fredericks' low cross after five minutes
Keane was in the right place again to thwart a rasping drive from Antonio but Everton were indebted to Jordan Pickford to smother at the feet of Fornals moments later after the Spaniard was picked out by Said Benrahma
Lampard was boosted by the return to the starting line-up of Dominic Calvert-Lewin - and Everton carved open their first decent chance on 29 minutes
 Demarai Gray combined with Alex Iwobi in midfield to feed Richarlison but after the Brazilian had nipped around Lukasz Fabianski, Fredericks produced a vital recovery challenge
It would prove a turning point as moments later, West Ham were in front
 Bowen was upended by Holgate and from 25 yards out, Cresswell's delicious free-kick curled beyond the despairing Pickford
It was another set-piece goal scored by West Ham and conceded by Everton, made all the more painful by it being scored by a boyhood Liverpool supporter as Cresswell celebrated in front of the travelling fans
Richarlison continued to carry Everton's biggest threat and he ought to have levelled when he pounced on a mistake by Fredericks to latch onto Pickford's long ball with five minutes of the half remaining, but his effort with the outside of his right boot flashed over the bar
West Ham deservedly led at the break and might have been further ahead on the stroke of the interval when Benrahma played through Antonio, who rounded Pickford but could only steer his shot into the side-netting from an acute angle
Everton emerged re-energised for the restart and might have equalised when Declan Rice was dispossessed and Iwobi fed Calvert-Lewin but the striker clipped the crossbar at Fabianski's near post
David Moyes wore a concerned look, and his grimace was even wider when Holgate's half volley found the bottom corner via a deflection off Fornals as West Ham failed to clear a corner
Lampard sensed a turnaround but a lapse in concentration by Iwobi allowed West Ham to restore their advantage five minutes later
 The Nigerian failed to collect Keane's pass and after Fornals had immediately played Antonio through on goal, Pickford could only divert his shot straight to Bowen for a simple finish
Seven minutes later, things got even tougher for Lampard as Keane - already on a booking for a foul in the first half on Antonio - lunged in on the same player leaving referee Michael Oliver with no option but to dismiss Everton's captain
Cresswell bent the ensuing free-kick just wide and Ben Godfrey would later deny Antonio the goal his performance deserved with a superb last-ditch tackle
 Lampard was then left looking to the skies as Godfrey headed over in stoppage time
West Ham weren't at their best, but they often haven't been in collecting points in the second half of this season - especially at home
Their battle for fourth goes on under Moyes, a manager who once achieved such a glorious feat at Everton in 2005
 How long ago that now feels for the blue half of Merseyside
West Ham boss : "We give him [Aaron Cresswell] a lot of stick because he practises free-kicks so much and has not had many goals
 He has had a lot of assists in other ways
 It was a real good free-kick today
"It was a really good win and I thought the players did a really good job
 I would like the standards and levels to be better
 Coming back from international duty and getting the players back on it is never easy
 It was a tough game
 We huffed and puffed at times
 We had opportunities but so did they
"We have a huge game coming up on Thursday night
 I would like to say that wasn't playing in my mind, but it clearly was
 I'd like to say all the players have come through OK, Jarrod Bowen included
"We know that Jarrod has goals in him
 It was unfortunate the injury he got as we could have found him being part of the England squad
 Gareth may look at him again in the summer if he keeps his form up
 But for us he does a great job
 Hopefully he is rejuvenated after the break and can play even better
"This is just the starter
 We have the main course coming up on Thursday and hopefully we can be quicker and sharper
"Everton boss : We're disappointed because we deserved at least a point from the game
 At 1-1 I fancied us to score a second
 There's a mistake and they break away and score
 It drops to them
 The first goal is a free-kick in the top corner
"The reality is that we are in that kind of moment where everything is going against us - decisions, moments in games, red cards
 I can't fault the players, their character, play generally
 The performance was really positive and we have 10 games to perform like that again and more
"We weren't so good at Palace but passion and desire has been there
 Not many teams do it every week
 The reason we are in this position is that we want to get better
 Today it was there and this is a tough place to come
 They are organised and have quality
"But two or three seasons ago they were fighting relegation
 Now look at them and where they are
 That is the reality of football
 The curve moves quickly and you need to make that work in your favour
 It is not going our way at the moment, but we have to keep working
 It is not easy to take positives from no points but we have to take positives from the performance
"The red card changes plans
 It is the third game in a row
 Two of those sending-offs are yellows you can be frustrated with
 One is not a sending-off