Irish Sunday Mirror

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relegation, and looked as if he would never return – until Koeman failed to sign a striker to replace the departed Romelu Lukaku.

Now, Niasse has suddenly become the manager’s go-to option when all looks lost, and he came up with the goods at the perfect time yesterday.

Koeman has spent nearly £150m on strengthen­ing his squad this summer, but Everton sat in the relegation zone before Bournemout­h arrived at Goodison Park, and looked set to stay there after Joshua King had danced right through the centre of their defence to give boss Eddie Howe (right) a lead to defend.

Enter Niasse, who had ended his long Toffees exile in midweek, making his first appearance for the club in 16 months with a goal against Sunderland in the Carabao Cup.

He got another chance yesterday as a replacemen­t for Wayne Rooney with 35 minutes left. Koeman threw on the Senegalese striker alongside Dominic

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