Oumar Niasse has had the Everton fans in his corner even though manager Ronald Koeman snubbed him from the team.

The Dutchman did not include the 27-year-old in his plans when taking over from Roberto Martinez last summer.

The striker, who was not even issued with a squad number at the start of the 2016-17 season, spent half of the campaign on loan at Hull City.

During that stint, the Senegal international scored four goals and created one assist in 17 Premier League outings before the club were relegated.

Niasse was linked with a permanent summer move away from Everton, but he ended up staying put and was eventually given a lifeline from Koeman in the Carabao Cup in midweek.

The forward scored his first goal for the club in a 3-0 win over Sunderland, and he followed that up with two against Bournemouth in the Premier League this afternoon.

Everton were staring at a 1-0 defeat at Goodison Park, but Niasse came to the rescue in the second half when he came off the bench and scored twice in five minutes.

The fans were understandably full of praise for the former forgotten man, and a number of supporters believe that Koeman should publicly apologise for his treatment of the striker.

Others think that there has been an ironic twist in Niasse's resurgence.

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