Frank Lampard has stated that Tottenham allow you to control possession of the ball at their stadium, as he lamented his Everton team getting thrashed 5-0 on Monday night, as he told his post-match press conference.
The Everton boss added that Spurs are ‘very organised’ and they defend ‘quite deep’.
It’s obvious for all to see that if Antonio Conte’s side are provided with space in-behind, then the record-breaking duo of Harry Kane and Heung-Min Son will punish you.
Spurs were all over Everton during those opening stages, and in truth, they were probably lucky only three goals were scored in the first half.
Nonetheless, when speaking about Everton’s downfall, Lampard also shared his thoughts on Tottenham’s style of play.
“Well-beaten,” said Lampard to Sky Sports. “Started all right for 15 or so minutes of the game, controlled a bit of possession, as you can here.”
He then added in his pre-match presser: “The first 15 minutes looked like how I wanted it. Controlled a lot of the possession, but then, the crucial part of Tottenham’s game is being a counter-attacking team.
“It’s to find spaces in-behind you. Involve Harry Kane in the build. We didn’t deal with it – it gives them confidence, when they haven’t had confidence at home recently, then you make your own problems.
“Tottenham, the way they play, very organised and they defend quite deep. They block areas, so we have to break that, so we didn’t show that.”
For Everton, they are now at serious risk of dropping down to England’s second-tier.
It’s two home games on the horizon for Lampard – Wolves and then Newcastle – and if they lose those matches, then Goodison Park could become really toxic.
The positive the Toffees can take is that they aren’t in the relegation zone, as of yet, but that can soon change.
The problem with the Spurs defeat was, the scoreline and the performance was just morale-sapping of the highest order.
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