Lampard: “Var ? Nothing Went For Us Tonight!” 😤 Everton 3-1 Coventry City ⚽ Premier League

Hi Frank, can I have your assessment of that please today? Disappointed to lose lots of the parts of our performance I liked, specifically up to our goal and probably up until their first goal, which goals are obviously crucial, but played with personality, moved the ball well, got hold of the game. We started really well and then Everton had a rally and we got a little tiny bit sloppy, but then we grabbed it back. We started competing like Everton always will, but we also had a comfort in where we were playing and I really liked it. But Obviously, to sit here after a 3-1 defeat, it feels difficult. They scored two goals in five minutes. And it's... I think one goal is really contentious and then the third goal is not good from us. But I was quite pleased with the performance, but of course you want to win football matches and so we have to be on ourselves about the details that maybe didn't go our way you. in the footballing sense. I think there were three VAR referrals there. I don't know if you've had a chance to have a look at any of them in depth, but do you feel on another day one of them might have gone your way? Oh, yeah. I mean, for sure, I have looked at them because sometimes you're emotional and in the moment and you can't be clear on the sidelines. But I think, you know, Tarki pulls on Callum's hair, they're saying it's not enough of a pull. I think that's a hard area to be in. What is a hair pull and it's not? You've decided it is, but it's not enough. I think Taiwo, for me, on the line of the box is a penalty. I mean, you've got to give the foul in real time anyway, the ref didn't let it go, but I thought that was a penalty by the time Miko's knee's in the back of Taiwo's knee on the line of the box. And then the barrier one's handball. I've heard that it's apparently saying he didn't touch his hand, but I've seen an angle where he's flicked it in with a final touch. VAR's there for that and so nothing went for us tonight in that sense. Well played Everton, well done, they win the game and we knew it would be a tough match but if three decisions that are that big, I can't sit here and go I know everything and they should give all three of them but those three, if one or two don't go our way and they would clearly change the game. I know you'll go away and probably be uber critical of tonight and just to pick up on something there do you feel that the boys let the game get away from them a little bit and got a bit open? I think it's easy said I think it's easy said I understand that but I think at 1-0 I think we had a couple of transitions where we get our pass right we may be going to make it 2-0. We got that bit wrong and I know this place, I know I never worked in this stadium but I know the momentum thing of Everton fans and how it goes and you can feel the stadium understanding that we were playing well, they were finding it hard to press us and how we were playing and break us down really. Thank But then Barry, been very good this season, scores at the back post, which we know he likes to do, disappointing from us. As I say, I don't think the second goal is a goal. And at that point, the momentum changes, it's hard to grab back, and it can happen in football matches. But yeah, we'll look back and say, those are the moments, what should we do? Just sit back and tighten up. Difficult, the game became transitional, you. you've just got to deal with that transition better. Last one from me, obviously Bobby and Frank weren't here tonight. You're hoping to have them back for the resumption? Yeah. Hi Frank, did you get any clarity at all? I saw you talking to Sam Barrett, the fourth official, just before the second half started and you went like that, obviously talking about the hair pull. Have you managed to get any clarification from the officials at all? No, I was only told in an interview just now that it was a hair pull but not enough of a hair pull. I love Taki, but if they say it's a hair pull, for me it's a hair pull. That's how I felt. And, uh, The fourth official was sort of staying away from the detail of it with me. He was actually fine, he was chatting, but I didn't get any detail on the sideline. Obviously, the rules were relaxed for this season. Do they need more clarity again now? I think the rules are fine. It's not a red card. I kind of get that. I kind of get that because I think in a game of football, there's a lot of stuff that happens that's not absolutely dramatic. I think that's... And it can happen, but I think the rule remains that it's a foul. So I thought it was a foul. But just going back, because it was such a positive opening 50 minutes, you guys, as you said, sort of those personalities, I thought you were quite controlled. You know, you... You're confident on the ball, especially as well. You know, look, just going forward, being able to take what you can from a defeat, there's still a lot to be positive about, despite all the frustration. Yeah, yeah, and I've said that to the players because I try and be honest with them and if I don't feel the performance is what we are, I'm full of them two weeks ago, then I'll say it. They played well and, of course, the goal to take the game, got to get little details right, but the way they're playing with personality and the progression from the first, weeks where we went to Arsenal and it was like this is the Premier League now we're going and playing more like a Premier League team and this is a team with half the players with real lack of experience and another half of the team coming in to try and settle into the group. I'm seeing progression from the work but we want to get results with that and I think at this point we've got some results but we're showing that we've got enough here if we keep working and keep improving and doing all the right things and a little less than a Premier League football right it's you can control a game for 50 plus minutes. But they have clinical players in their team that can score like that. And we need to get those bits right as well in both boxes because it's such a clear effect on the game. Hi, Frank. You mentioned, you know, playing as a Premier League team. Of course, last season in the Championship, your team had a lot of possession, one of the highest averaging teams in possession last season. But today you had a lot of possession again. Did that surprise you how much Everton gave you the ball? I thought we may get some possession here Yeah. Cause, you know, I believe in the way we want to play. I want them to have that confidence to do it. I felt that the reason that they maybe struggled to really press us because of things that we like to do well, we did well. I think we took their wingers back with our full-backs so they can't get the players jumping so much on us. Steph's really comfortable on the ball. Ethan, we try and make it big. We had our two midfield players come down, but it was really hard for them to get to us. Fair play. I think they went, OK, that's difficult. It's difficult. So, I think it was probably testament to what we did. But, you know, we want to be clinical right at the other end. I don't want to just play pretty patterns in our own half. But I liked the way we played. Right. Maybe can we make more of that? Um, Can we be more clinical and get up the pitch and not just have that sort of control and do more with it, possibly. But I was pleased with it and I don't think the goals we conceded, other than the third, which is disappointing, they didn't come from us. You know, up to now, being expansive, we're not that team. We try and be effective in the way we played. I thought we were really effective last week and I thought we were relatively effective for the game tonight. We just, the deciding factors didn't go for us or we didn't get right. Any more? No, thanks guys. No, thanks everybody. Thank you.