Everton have been in a relegation scrap for the entire season and fans are getting worried that they might be relegated. Frank Lampard has come to the rescue though, saying Everton will last another 10 minutes of this current match.
Frank Lampard is the manager of Everton, and they are in a relegation scrap.
LONDON, United Kingdom — After yet another save from Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford, the ball ricocheted into the away end and was covered by a group of travelling fans midway through the first half.
It was the Merseysiders’ greatest defensive effort of the evening.
Even though they were only 2-0 down at the time, the ink had already been cast on an utterly miserable and alarming performance in which the winning margin was ultimately determined by hosts Tottenham Hotspur idling in the absence of any sort of competition as attention turned to Manchester United’s match on Saturday.
In the end, they scored five consecutive goals, beginning with Michael Keane’s 14th-minute own goal and a low Heung-Min Son drive that Pickford should have saved. Spurs took advantage of the lead and drove it home against practically no opposition. Before halftime, Harry Kane scored a third, and replacement Sergio Reguilon ensured the second half continued in the same one-sided style as the first, scoring 41 seconds after the restart.
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Kane scored Tottenham’s fifth goal with a beautiful volley from a tight angle, passing Arsenal’s Thierry Henry for sixth place on the all-time scoring list with 176 Premier League goals.
This supported the theory that when Conte gets a free week to work with his players, like as when they defeat Manchester City and Leicester in the Premier League or Brighton in the FA Cup, their collective production improves noticeably.
Apart from Matt Doherty’s continued resurrection at wing-back — “I’d want to stress his growth,” stated Conte afterwards — there wasn’t much more Spurs could take away from the game, considering how bad the opponent was.
Lampard’s last Premier League visit here was as Chelsea manager in December 2019, when he celebrated a well-deserved 2-0 victory with a jubilant away section reveling in what is still known as “Three Point Lane” in that region of west London.
Here, the joke was on him. in the key of “”He’s going down, he’s going down, he’s gone!” chanted Spurs supporters. Lampard is on his way out.”
Everton still have time to save themselves, but while being in 17th position, one place and one point above the relegation zone, Burnley in 18th place now has a stronger goal difference.
Everton are on the verge of relegation after their 5-0 defeat against Tottenham on Monday. Williamson, James Getty Images/AMA/AMA/AMA/AMA/AMA/AMA/AMA/AMA/AMA/AMA
Everton hasn’t been demoted since 1951 and has been a constant in English football’s top division since 1954, but this is the kind of performance that raises serious doubts about the club’s long-term viability.
Everton’s performances on the road have been awful since Lampard was recruited on Jan. 31, surrendering meekly at Newcastle, Southampton, and now Spurs, while showing indications of promise at home — sad as it was to lose 1-0 to Manchester City last month.
“As a team, there’s a definite disparity between home and away form,” Lampard conceded after the game. “So you start searching for alternative reasons why we aren’t as dominant in the final third.”
“There were difficulties that existed before to my arrival, concerns that needed to be resolved. Regrettably, problems do not resolve themselves overnight. We’re still early in the season, so we need to figure out how to obtain the results we need to stay in the league this year, since it’s apparent where we stand.”
Given what lies ahead, their next two games — at home to both Wolves and Newcastle at Goodison Park — seem to be crucial. Everton still has to face five of the current top six teams, as well as a resurgent Leicester City, after that.
“What we’ve seen at Goodison Park is a tremendous uplift, a big unity of the club, the supporters are buying into what we’re doing, but we haven’t been able to transfer the away form,” Lampard said. “We now have two home games to prepare for in order to get a result that will make things seem more optimistic.” We must concentrate on them.
“Of course, the away form has to be worked out and perfected. It might be that it works for us with a single click. We haven’t done it yet, and there’s definitely a mindset problem, but that’s typical… if you go away from home to a club like Tottenham and lose two or three goals, it’s going to be a long, tough night, regardless of whether you’re in our position or towards the top of the league.”
Lampard will almost certainly have to play those games with more pragmatism than Monday’s tactically naive approach; Conte’s Spurs have struggled against deep-lying defenses, but Everton’s attempt to press them high only served to create swaths of space in behind for Son and Kane to perform their highly effective double act.
Lampard is still a talented manager, but his demise at Chelsea was a shaky defense; the Blues finished fourth in the Premier League in 2019-20, but surrendered 54 goals, more than any other team in the top half.
At Chelsea, Thomas Tuchel took over the same defense and won the Champions League. Lampard joins Everton in the footsteps of Rafa Benitez, who was previously known for his defensive organization. He has a massive job ahead of him. The ball can only be hidden for so long by the supporters.
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