West Ham 1-1 Everton: Dominic Calvert-Lewin tipped for England call after goal
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Dominic Calvert-Lewin's goal was his first in four matches for Everton
Everton striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin was tipped for an England call-up after he scored his 11th goal of the season as the Toffees fought back to draw at West Ham.
The 22-year-old grabbed a spectacular 44th-minute diving header after Mason Holgate had flicked on Lucas Digne's corner.
That came four minutes after Issa Diop had given West Ham the lead when he headed in from Robert Snodgrass' free-kick from the right touchline.
Calvert-Lewin is enjoying his most successful campaign and his tally of nine Premier League goals makes him the seventh highest English scorer in this season's top-flight.
With England captain Harry Kane out until at least April with a hamstring injury and with Leicester's Jamie Vardy retired from international football, Calvert-Lewin, who has represented the under-21s, could still force his way into Gareth Southgate's squad for Euro 2020.
"I'm hearing lots of names for England and you have to start throwing Dominic into the hat," said Everton captain Seamus Coleman.
"The only thing you could've said against him in the past was that he had to score more goals and this season he is doing that and answering the critics.
"He is working ever so hard for the team and he has stepped up another level."
Toffees boss Carlo Ancelotti was also quick to praise the young forward.
"Dominic Calvert-Lewin has been really fantastic," said the Italian. "He scores goals, which is important for him and for the squad. He is having good performances and was important."
The draw means Everton remain 11th in the Premier League, and West Ham stay 16th but are only one point ahead of 18th-placed Aston Villa.
Honours even at London Stadium
Despite a protest by some West Ham fans outside the ground before the match, there were no protests during the game
Before the match, hundreds of Hammers fans staged a peaceful protest about the running of the club in the week of the 10-year anniversary since David Sullivan and David Gold bought West Ham.
Some Hammers fans blame the co-owners for their perilous position in the Premier League after Manuel Pellegrini's unsuccessful spell at the club saw West Ham re-appoint boss David Moyes 19 months after he had originally left the club.
Moyes, who this week admitted he had talked to Everton about a potential return to the club he managed for 11 years before they appointed Ancelotti in December, saw West Ham create the better chances when the game was goalless.
French forward Sebastien Haller, their £45m summer signing who has only scored twice in 15 games, had three first-half opportunities but headed wide from a Mark Noble cross, had a shot saved by Jordan Pickford and also headed off target from Aaron Cresswell's cross.
Issa Diop's goal was his first in the Premier League - in his 48th appearance
Diop then scored his first goal of the season - but West Ham's lead only lasted for four minutes as Calvert-Lewin brought Everton level just before half-time.
Eighteen-year-old substitute Anthony Gordon, making his Premier League debut, had a chance to win it for Everton but shot over after Darren Randolph - in goal in his first match since rejoining the Hammers from Middlesbrough - had parried Theo Walcott's effort.
Neither team could really create a good opportunity in the final 30 minutes, with both sides thinking they had missed a good opportunity to push on and take the three points.
There was late controversy as West Ham substitute Albian Ajeti, when standing in front of Mason Holgate, pushed his head back into the face of the defender, but, following a video assistant referee check for a potential red card for violent conduct, no further action was taken.
West Ham drop more points - the stats
West Ham have won just one of their last 12 home Premier League games against Everton (drew four, lost seven), a 3-1 victory in May 2018.
Everton have conceded in 11 consecutive away Premier League games for the first time since October 2010-March 2011 under David Moyes (also a run of 11).
West Ham have dropped more points from winning positions (17) than any other Premier League side in 2019-20.
Everton boss Carlo Ancelotti has failed to win any of his five Premier League meetings with David Moyes (drew three, lost two) - Moyes is the only manager the Italian has faced more than twice without winning in the English top flight.
Everton remain unbeaten in their last eight Premier League matches against London sides (won two, drew six), their longest run without defeat against such opposition in the competition since November 2008-May 2009 (a run of nine).
Since Carlo Ancelotti's first Premier League game in charge of Everton on Boxing Day 2019, only Man City's Sergio Aguero (six) has scored more goals in the competition than Everton's Dominic Calvert-Lewin (four).
Since his Premier League debut for West Ham in February 2017, no player has provided more assists in the competition for the Hammers than Robert Snodgrass (10).
Darren Randolph became the fourth different keeper to start a Premier League match for West Ham in 2019-20, the most different starting keepers they've had in the competition in a single season since 1999-00 (Hislop, Forrest, Feuer, Bywater, Ilic).
Man of the match - Mason Holgate (Everton)
Everton centre-half Mason Holgate got the assist for Dominic Calvert-Lewin's goal; he also touched the ball 74 times, won 69% of his duels, had a passing accuracy of 89%, made seven clearances, four tackles, two blocks and one interception
'We could've performed better' - what they said
West Ham manager David Moyes, speaking to BBC Match of the Day: "I think every point is important in this league. I thought we created one or two good chances but I thought it was even between the two sides.
"We missed a couple of good chances in the first half, and I thought we were not quite as good in the second half.
"I thought the two or three minutes after we scored, we were slow to react and it looked like we were trying to play out to half-time and that left us very open and gave Everton chance to score."
Everton goalscorer Dominic Calvert-Lewin said: "I thought we underperformed and it was disappointing to not play to our strengths and the patterns of play we know.
"We got ourselves back into the game and it was a good point but we're disappointed to not take all three.
"I'm happy to get on the scoresheet and help my team but I think we could've performed better."
On the impact Carlo Ancelotti has made at Everton, Calvert-Lewin added: "It has been a good experience so far for me. I'm learning every day and picking up new things. Hopefully I can keep hitting the back of the net."
Everton manager Carlo Ancelotti, speaking to BBC Match of the Day: "It's a good point. We did not play well first half, second half was better. In the end it was good because we played a good game.
"I am not so happy about the goal we let in but the fact we were able to score immediately was good. We played with more confidence."
What next?
West Ham play at Leicester on Wednesday (19:30 GMT) before a home tie against Championship leaders West Brom in the fourth round of the FA Cup on Saturday, 25 January (15:00 GMT).
Everton are at home on Tuesday against Newcastle (19:30 GMT) and then have 10 days without a game before playing Watford away on Saturday, 1 February (15:00 GMT).