Lukaku again shows his worth

Everton 1 West Ham 0

Gareth Barry was his usual steady self and Gerard Deulofeu was Everton’s brightest attacking influence before a third loanee, Romelu Lukaku, came on to score the winner to keep Martinez’s side nine points off the top four. Barry has enjoyed his year at Goodison Park and it would be a surprise if he did not stay on when his Manchester City contract ends, while, after just three league starts, Deulofeu has not done enough to be a regular back at Barcelona and is also likely to return.

But it is on-loan Chelsea forward Lukaku, 20, whose tenth goal of the campaign made him just the second Everton player to get into double figures for league goals in the last six seasons, that will undoubtedly be missed the most if he is not on Merseyside next season.