Frank Lampard believes Alex Iwobi has 'demanded' a place in the Everton starting line-up after his performance against Leeds United.
He also insisted his appointment as manager is a 'restart' for the entire squad and says he is 'open minded' on picking players.
Iwobi starred on the right-flank at Goodison Park as Everton ran out 3-0 victors over Leeds thanks to goals from Seamus Coleman, Michael Keane and Anthony Gordon.
Lampard praised Iwobi, 25, for his 'great level' in training and the 'work ethic' he displayed on Saturday.
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Lampard said: "One of the beauties of coming in two weeks ago is it's a restart, a reboot for everybody.
"I'm open minded to players, all of the squad, and what Alex has done is he's trained at a great level.
"He's a quiet lad, keeps his head down, trains with talent, trains with work ethic, and the way we changed the formation of the team and played with wide-men as we did, Alex has just sort of demanded a place in the team with his performance.
"He just needs to believe in himself and I said it to him before the game. I certainly believe in him from the things I've seen but the work ethic side of his game he showed in that role."
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Lampard added: "It was a tough gig playing on the sides against Leeds, you have to do a lot of work off the ball, and he did everything.
"I'll just keep working on that. We've got players in those positions, other players who were on the bench who can come on.
"So it's important everyone gives their absolute maximum to the limit and Alex did that [yesterday]."
