GIANFRANCO ZOLA arrived at Goodison Park is search of some divine inspiration and left with his prayers answered after West Ham finally demonstrated that they have a stomach for the fight they find themselves in at the bottom of the Premier League.

Chelsea 4 West Ham 1

ROBERTO MANCINI etched his name into Inter Milan’s history books yesterday with a record-breaking ninth successive league victory, beating Messina 2-0.

Greece may be the European Nations champions but their club sides struggled as the group stage of the UEFA Cup got underway with all three representatives beaten.