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Liverpool Echo
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Joe Thomas

Everton must answer huge summer question that is harming Frank Lampard progress

Everton froze under the lights of Goodison Park as they delivered their most disappointing home performance of the season.

With the chance to use the last game in L4 before Christmas to push into the top half of the table and set up a comfortable World Cup break, the Blues struggled against a Leicester City side that stifled their efforts to play out from the back and caused a constant threat.

The damage was done by a sensational volley from Youri Tielemans but in truth this was a comfortable away win on a Bonfire Night when the fireworks were restricted to the displays surrounding the ground - with the exception of debris from one stray rocket that Conor Coady had to clear after it landed on the pitch. Harvey Barnes made it 2-0 with a late strike but it changed little - Everton rarely looked like scoring as they chased a leveller.

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