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Sean Dyche mocks Everton as fans slam what Frank Lampard and his players did at full time

Sean Dyche cheekily mocks Everton as fans take to slam what Frank Lampard and his players did at full time on Wednesday night.

A second-half comeback gave the Clarets a 3-2 win with Nathan Collins’ early opener cancelled out by a pair of Richarlison penalties before Burnley came from behind through Jay Rodriguez and Maxwel Cornet.

Dyche revealed to the media post-match that he told his Burnley players that Everton “don’t know how to win” as they plotted to inflict a seventh defeat in 10 games on the Toffees.

Dyche told Sky Sports: “I’ve been down there, I know what it’s like and every season there have been tough patches for us. It’s hard to explain, but sometimes you sense that a team might have lost how to win a game. I said to them at half time ‘I’m not sure these know how to win a game, away from home particularly’.

“I told them we’ve got to play on that mentality – we do it by playing forward with better quality and being more aggressive in our play. Our passing and trying to get into the front areas of the pitch wasn’t glorious but there were patches and enough patches where we found three goals and I’m pleased with that.

“I think they had taken six points from 42 away from home before this game and conceded 49 over the season so far, so we felt there might be that edge that we could attack them maybe, possibly more freely. I don’t think it was free-flowing, but we had moments that counted, of course, and I reminded them of that at half-time.”

Everton boss Frank Lampard said his side should have held on to their lead after going into the break 2-1 up, before adding that his side were in a genuine “battle” to avoid the drop.

Addressing the idea that there was more pressure on Everton than their relegation rivals due to the size, history and relative success of the club, he told Sky Sports: “It feels the same to me, whether that’s true, maybe, but it shouldn’t be in absolute football terms. The reality is what it is – we’re not different to Burnley, Watford, Norwich or Leeds. That’s where we’re at as a football club. Players don’t need to listen or read anything other than turning up tomorrow and getting the right results to keep us in this league.

“We can’t control it so there’s no point in delving too much into it, it would’ve been around the club before I was here and will continue until the end of the season. The only thing we can do is to control what we can, which is to work and fight to get the results.

“From 2-1, we should win the game, and by more goals. We’re not clinical enough on the numerous chances, the counter-attacks, and at that point you leave the game open. Then we make mistakes for their goals.

“I’m not sure it matters what it is, but the players have to deal with it. The only way through it is to fight, and keep working. That’s what the players have to do. We are in a battle, if we didn’t know it before, we know it now. We’re still above Burnley in the table, but obviously we’re very disappointed to lose from a winning position.”

Former Everton defender and Sky Sports commentator Andy Hinchcliffe said: “Being a former Everton player, I had some good times there, I always believed that they were going to get out of this mess, but the more I see them play, the more I worry that this season, unbelievably, they could go down. Burnley will go into that game against Norwich with incredible belief after winning tonight.

“That’s why Burnley wanted to win tonight, in terms of getting the three points and getting closer to Everton, but also going into that Norwich game. They can maybe relax a little bit more as they have done the job tonight. For Everton, it is the complete reverse; they desperately need something from that game against Man Utd.

“This was a pressurised game, we knew that, but every game from here on in is even more pressurised for both of these teams but actually, more for Everton now because they have got the tougher run-in. It’s going to be a real test of character, I’ve said this all along about Everton.

“I doubt their ability, but in the last few games, I thought they looked like they cared, they looked like they are running around for each other and for Frank Lampard, but if you keep making mistakes and basic defensive errors they make game after game, you really don’t give yourselves a chance.”

Burnley’s remaining fixtures

April 10 – Norwich (a), live on Sky Sports
April 17 – West Ham (a)
April 21 – Southampton (h), live on Sky Sports
April 24 – Wolves (h)
April 30 – Watford (a)
May 7 – Aston Villa (h)
May 15 – Tottenham (a)
May 19 – Aston Villa (a)
May 22 – Newcastle (h)

Everton’s remaining fixtures

April 9 – Man Utd (h)
April 20 – Leicester (h), live on Sky Sports
April 24 – Liverpool (a), live on Sky Sports
May 1 – Chelsea (h), live on Sky Sports
May 7 – Leicester (a)
May 10 – Watford (a)
May 15 – Brentford (h)
May 19 – Crystal Palace (h)
May 22 – Arsenal (a)

Twitter users reacted as Sean Dyche mocks Everton while fans slam what Frank Lampard and his players did at full time…

@PaulClews2: Disgusting @Everton

@efchutchy: Typical of those players really. Can’t see a game out. Shithouses and ultimately will be playing next season where they deserve to be. Shame for the fans who pay a fortune to watch it.

@howarthphil8: Fucking spineless bastards.

@ianmitty: Done nothing since he got here

@forshazza: Just backs up what everyone’s been saying for a long time. These players are cowardly and aren’t up for the fight. The fans were.

@jc27296: Please ask lampard why he keeps picking jjk absolute horrendous footballer with no ability whatsoever that is single handedly sending this club down

@R93:
Gutless
That’s the one thing Lampard has done well.
He’s fronted the fans after the match regardless, shirking that responsibility is all the more cowardly. Not a fan of that – thought he was different

@Barrywebster80: Absolute shithouses the lot of them

@_Conorr__: Up and down the country every fucking weekend, sometimes twice a week and they won’t even face there own fucking shite, spineless cunts, every fucking one of them.

@ruthergears21: This is what I am supposed to support. Fuck off you absolute gang of shit houses.

@ChrisPickles24: This is embarrassing, utterly embarrassing!

@MMc1878: Genuinely recon only a couple of them players are actually arsed. Squad riddled with spineless twats. Wouldn’t be arsed if they dropped dead.

@KRay1878: And this just makes it even fuckin worse. Didnt even go to the travelling fans! Horrible cunts the lot of them. Fucking cowards

@amyswift2002: Absolute disgrace if they’ve all ignored the travelling fans, every away game sold out for performances like that 🤯

@ladbehindthebar: They won’t be there next season. I hope they save their money and fuck the club off tbh. 30 years of shite doesn’t deserve that fan base.

@bowyer_ewan01: Every single one of them rob a living

@AZToffee94: Fuck them all off. Don’t deserve the support they get.

@ConorShaw: Selling out Goodison and away ends across the country every week, and this is how they’re treated. Embarrassing.

@Allthingsevert1: Gang of shit houses I’ve followed everton home and away for 20+ years stopped goin this season cud see this downward spiral coming years ago.. that fat spanish waiter was the nail in the coffin

@Saltyfootball6: Lampard bodied 😭😭😭

@Barkermush: To be honest, when I saw Everton so deep and time wasting from the kick off the 2nd half.. I knew it was in our favour. Everton can’t defend for poop. So I knew that would backfire. After we made it 2-2 Everton came out of their shell again and I was worried..

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