Jamie Carragher sees shades of Virgil van Dijk in ‘unplayable’ West Ham star

Moyes knows the ‘brilliant’ Soucek better than almost anyone in football. Twenty-seven of his 38 Premier League goals came under the former West Ham United boss from 2021 to 2024, after all.

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But knowing Soucek’s strengths and stopping him from using them are two very different things.

Tomas Soucek haunts David Moyes as West Ham United beat Everton

Two months after Soucek made Premier League history – overtaking Patrik Berger as the most prolific Czech player in the competition – the long-serving West Ham powerhouse marked his 200th start in trademark fashion.

“Listen, this has been a feature of the Premier League all season, just people crowding the six-yard box,” Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher said on Sky Sports’ Monday Night Football opposite Everton midfielder Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall.

“Obviously, that is something people think they can get goals from.”

Carragher felt that, as frustrated as Everton will be, there was not a huge amount the visitors could have done better. Jarrod Bowen’s delivery was right on the money – pace, power and precision – while a flurry of Toffees defenders were reduced to looking like flies around a buffalo as Soucek thundered home.

“Soucek, who David Moyes knows very well, is one of the best in the league (when it comes to heading). Sometimes, things are pretty unplayable,” added Carragher.

“You think of the two players who’ve scored against Everton in Soucek and Van Dijk. Certainly two players you put right at the top in terms of aerial ability when that ball comes in.”

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall reflects on last-gasp London Stadium loss

We at Hammers News asked our TalkingPoint users pre-match which Everton player they would like to see in claret and blue. Dewsbury-Hall finished top of the poll, ahead of Pickford, Iliman Ndiaye and co.

He again demonstrated his own goalscoring qualities from midfield with a fizzing volley in the 88th minute.

That would count for nothing in the end, however. Bowen reached double figures for assists while Callum Wilson prodded home in stoppage time.

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“Yeah, I mean, ultimately a very disappointing result for us in the end,” said Dewsbury-Hall, whose side have slipped to eleventh albeit while remaining only two points behind Bournemouth in seventh.

“Very frustrating, especially after equalising late on. (We were) deflated after full-time, as you can imagine. But like I said, it’s not a time where we can dwell on it. We’ve got four massive games till the end of the season and we’re still very much in the race (for Europe).

“You can’t see me because I’m quite small against some of the big players, but yeah, I’m just in between Soucek and Pickford at the moment,” the former Chelsea midfielder added, swatted aside as Soucek opened the scoring.

‘Unplayable’ indeed.

“My role probably there is just to try and keep anyone away from Jordan from the corner, to keep him as free as possible. So getting in between him and Soucek was my role, and hoping that it didn’t lead to anything.

“Unfortunately, it did.”