
High stakes: Neither David Moyes or Frank Lampard can afford to lose on Saturday
(Picture: Getty Images)The London Stadium has proven itself a fine stage for athletics, less so for football — but how about for a gameshow?
Saturday’s meeting between West Ham and Everton, a vital clash in the Premier League relegation battle, is, more pertinently, a fight for survival between David Moyes and Frank Lampard, two managers hovering precariously over technical area trapdoors, red-handled levers waiting to be pulled somewhere in the studio, to send one or t’other of the sack race front-runners hurtling towards the line.