Late show gives Everton points

West Ham looked to be cruising to all three points when substitute Jack Collison scored on his home debut in the 53rd minute.

But an equaliser from Joleon Lescott with seven minutes remaining was followed by a superb double from Louis Saha, who scored in the 85th and 87th minutes to crown an amazing late revival from the Toffees.

The home side were dealt a blow after 15 minutes when defender Matthew Upson was taken off on a stretcher with an ankle injury, to be replaced by youngster Collison. But the early exchanges proved to be a false dawn with precious little excitement to warm the crowd on a wet afternoon.

Most of West Ham's best moves were inspired by the hard-working Scott Parker but they lacked a killer instinct in attack, but the Hammers broke the deadlock in the 63rd minute through their substitute.

The goal was superbly set-up by a brilliant piece of individual skill from Parker who backheeled the ball into the path of the willing starlet.

With Everton's defence completely wrong-footed by Parker's brilliance, Collison took his time to curl the ball into the top corner.

But Everton conjured up an amazing fightback in the last 10 minutes when Lescott planted a firm header beyond Robert Green for the leveller in the 83rd minute after Saha's accurate cross.

Then a centre from Victor Anichebe was fired home by Saha, with a slight deflection on his shot taking the ball past Green.

The former Manchester United striker then repeated the feat, with a powerful low 20-yard shot bouncing past Green with three minutes left to leave West Ham floored.