Following a 3-2 defeat by Burnley at Turf Moor on Wednesday, Everton are in serious danger of being relegated from the Premier League for the first time in their history.
Everton is in serious danger of being relegated from the Premier League for the first time in their history, and the outcome on Wednesday night has put them on the back foot, despite the fact that they were leading the Clarets at halftime.
When asked if he still believes in his capacity to keep Everton in the Premier League following the setback, manager Lampard responded with a resolute yes.
He criticized his team’ lack of calmness in front of goal. He said, “Well, from 2-1, we should win the game, and we should win it by more goals.”
On countless chances and counter-attacks, as well as time spent in their half and going into favorable places, we were not clinical enough. And you always leave the game open at that point, and then we make mistakes that lead to their goals.”
When asked if Everton’s troubles are due to a lack of confidence, he responded: “I’m not sure what it is, but it is what it is, and the players must strive and fight for it. If it’s a loss of confidence, all I know is that we need to fight and keep fighting because we’re in the middle of a struggle. And if we didn’t already know that, we do now. We’re still ahead of Burnley in the table, so we’ll keep fighting and looking forward, but we’re unhappy not to have won from a position of strength tonight.”
“All of the teams around us are in similar [positions], and if you look at the outcomes, you can see why we’re where we are in the standings due of long-term results, and the same is true for the other clubs.”
“The reality is that in the Premier League, you don’t usually string together a lot of wins and climb up the table freely. So we must not be distracted by the words and instead focus on the next game, working and preparing for it, because if we make mistakes as we did tonight, we must be prepared to fight.”
Lampard was also questioned if he feels more pressure than his colleagues because he is in charge of a bigger club in Everton, but he dismissed the idea. “Perhaps,” he said, “but not in absolute football terms.”
“We’re no different from Burnley, Watford, Norwich, Leeds, or any of the other teams in the league. That is precisely where we stand as a football club. The players do not need to listen to, read, or participate in anything other than show up tomorrow and prepare for Saturday’s game in order to keep us in the league.”
At Turf Moor, Burnley took the lead through Nathan Collins but Everton rallied, scoring twice from the penalty spot, with Richarlison adding to his score.
But the Clarets came from the interval a different side and leveled via Jay Rodriguez on the hour mark before Maxwel Cornet completed the turnaround, bagging three precious points for Burnley and pushing his side to within a point of Everton and safety.