Everton manager Frank Lampard hailed Amadou Onana’s display on his first start for the club but admitted his side still need to improve in the final third of the pitch after they edged out Fleetwood Town 1-0 in the second round of the Carabao Cup.
Onana, who is Everton’s biggest signing of the summer after joining for £33.5million from Lille, made his full Blues bow at Highbury Stadium after substitute appearances against Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest and came in for some rough treatment from the League One opponents.
Lampard said: “I was pleased with how Amadou Onana faced the challenge and I thought he grew into the game. He showed his physicality and stood up to things, did some good passes, showed good aggression and good attitude plus a bit of quality driving through as the game went on which is a big quality of his.
