West Ham moved up to fifth in the Premier League with a win over 10-man Everton, a result that keeps the Toffees in relegation trouble.
Aaron Cresswell scored a wonderful free-kick to open the scoring for the hosts when he curled the ball past England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford at London Stadium.
But Everton, without an away league win since 28 August, started the second half brightly as Dominic Calvert-Lewin struck the angle of post and crossbar before Mason Holgate's well-controlled half-volley made it 1-1.
However, they were only level for five minutes. Michail Antonio burst clear of the Everton defence and his shot was blocked by Pickford but the rebound fell to Jarrod Bowen, back in the side after recovering from a fractured foot, and he steered the ball into the unguarded net.
Things then got worse for the visitors when captain Michael Keane was sent off midway through the half for his second bookable offence, following his second late challenge on Antonio. There was no way back for the visitors after that.
West Ham boss David Moyes later said: "It was important we tried to pick three points up today. It keeps us in the hunt for European places hopefully. I thought the player did a good job. Overall a good professional job.
"Cresswell has really done well with his assists for us with free kicks, it was good to see one go in.
"Michail Antonio did a really good job for us today and Jarrod got a goal. I am really pleased for him, he may have just missed out on England place so what he has to do is keep getting the goals and maybe he will catch Gareth's eye.
"The biggest achievement is if we can hang in there if you look at the quality of the sides. We are doing a really good job to stay with it but if we are not careful it can go away so we have to stay focused."
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