West Ham 0 Everton 1
West Ham's miserable home form continued as Lee Carsley popped up to score the goal which condemned them to another Upton Park defeat.
Glenn Roeder's men had lifted themselves off the bottom of the table in the past week with victories at Sunderland and Fulham.
But they just cannot seem to repeat that form in front of their own fans, and have now taken just two points from a possible 18 on home turf.
For Everton, it meant only their second away win of the season, but rounded off a memorable week in which they also ended Arsenal's 30-match unbeaten run.
All the talk before kick-off was about whether or not the visitors would start with the hottest new property in English football - striker Wayne Rooney, the 17-year-old whose wonder goal finished off the Gunners last weekend.
Rooney was kept on the bench until the 65th minute, but maybe his presence was enough to distract the home defence, as Carsley struck the vital blow five minutes after the teenager's introduction, meeting former Hammer David Unsworth's deep cross with a powerful header which flew past David James.