West Ham United's chances of qualifying for Europe were dealt a devastating blow as they were defeated by fellow hopefuls Everton at the London Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

Irons boss David Moyes will rue his side's ineffectiveness in front of goal as the misfiring Londoners could've easily snatched something from the game considering they were only beaten by the solitary goal.

With all of the Hammers' attacking options on the pitch, they really should've mustered up more of a threat in front of goal, especially as they dominated possession (68%).

Moyes was dealt an early injury setback in the first half which saw Manuel Lanzini forced off just before the break.

He was replaced by Jarrod Bowen, who was snubbed from the starting XI for the second successive game, so he surely had a point to prove to his manager.

However, he offered West Ham absolutely nothing in attack and as a result, he was graded amongst their worst performers (6.4) as per SofaScore ratings.

The Evening Standard's Jack Rosser added further weight to this argument in his post-game column, where he claimed the former Hull City winger "made very little impact" from the bench and similarly, football.london suggested that he "missed a glorious chance to make it 1-1."

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Aside from that one golden opportunity, Bowen struggled to assert his dominance on the Toffees' back four, registering only 26 touches - the same number goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski managed throughout the game.

To make matters worse, the Polish shot-stopper made more passes (13) than the 24-year-old (ten), too, and that only goes to show how fruitless he was in the 47 minutes he was on the pitch.

His one shot off target resulted in one big chance missed, whilst he was caught offside once and lost possession ten times - once every 4.7 minutes, and once every 2.6 touches, as per SofaScore.

Bowen's struggle with the visitors was further seen by the fact that he won just 50% of his duels, with Lucas Digne and Michael Keane often getting the better of him on the day.

Considering it was only the second time this season that the £27m-rated attacker had been out of the starting XI in back-to-back matches, Moyes would have been expecting to see a reaction when subbed on but frustratingly, he may want to think again about his involvement in the coming matches.

Bowen was just one of many Irons stars to be unproductive but his place is most at risk compared to say, a Michail Antonio.

There are three very winnable games left remaining in Brighton, relegated West Brom and Southampton but the likes of Bowen will need to vastly improve if the Hammers are to top off their fantastic season with European qualification.

AND in other news, £13.5m-rated West Ham lightweight who lost 83% duels badly let Moyes down again...