Oumar Niasse scores twice to give Everton victory over Bournemouth
(The Guardian Sports News)

The remarkable rise of Oumar Niasse goes on, with a match-winning double here to add to his strike in the League Cup in midweek. The manager who tried to shove him unceremoniously through the exit door will have felt sheepish, to say the least, when his Senegalese substitute turned the latest lacklustre Everton performance around.Ronald Koeman´s ears must have been burning, if that expression is permissible in response to Twitter abuse, when Everton were trailing 1-0 to Bournemouth in the second half and looking unlikely to climb out of the bottom three. Supporters were rightly pointing out that the team was playing without wingers and looking feeble up front and when Niasse was brought on it appeared more an act of desperation than a likely path to salvation. Koeman admitted it was chiefly to protect the injured Wayne Rooney. Continue reading...