Tomas Soucek reflects on good memories against Everton following his final trip to Goodison Park.

No matter who the manager is, no matter what system is being played, Tomas Soucek still prevails.

Although he came under a lot of criticism last season, he’s returned to the levels we expect of him, even when the team hasn’t been performing well.

Despite having a lot of good memories in claret and blue, the away ground he clearly enjoys visiting the most is Goodison Park, so it was almost inevitable that he’d score in his final game at the ground. “Maybe I will leave this stadium for another season so I can score another goal here,” he joked.

“I have many, many memories here. I’ve scored two winning goals [here], and nearly the third one today. It was so close [to a win], but still it was a great goal. I think it was a good touch from Jarrod [Bowen], he passed me the ball, and I made the turn and a good finish.”

“We were quite happy that we were winning until minute 90 and then we conceded in stoppage time. So, [no matter] how you play, conceding in stoppage time is always disappointing, we can feel it.”

“I think in the second half, we improved a lot from the first and then it’s one cross, and it’s a draw. We dealt quite well with that [the pressure of playing at Goodison Park] because the pressure here is big, and they’re playing their last few games here. They’re many games unbeaten, so for every team to play here is so difficult. Because of that, it’s even tougher not to win because we were so, so close.”

“We still have a new manager, we have a new project here and I believe that we can go step by step and take West Ham to the level that they deserve.”