Jamie Carragher has blasted Everton’s “Championship back four” on another sobering night for the crisis hit Toffees.
The 5-0 thrashing at the hands of Tottenham leaves Everton perilously close to the relegation zone, just one point ahead of the relegation zone.
Frank Lampard will have been hoping to make it back-to-back wins for his first time in the role, having overcome Boreham Wood in the FA Cup last week.
But it became quickly apparent that the beleaguered Everton players were no match for Antonio Conte’s ruthless Spurs outfit, running into a three-goal lead before the break.
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The hosts opened the scoring after 14 minutes when Michael Keane contrived to fire into his own net from a Ryan Sessegnon cross.
Three minutes later, Heung-Min Son made it two when he fired a shot under the body of Jordan Pickford, who should have done better.
Harry Kane then drew level with Thierry Henry on 175 Premier League goals when he made it 3-0 eight minutes before the break.
Any hopes of a stirring Everton fightback were washed away just 41 seconds into the second half when Sergio Reguillon put the rubber stamp on a routine result.
Kane subsequently made it fifth, to move himself just one goal behind Everton boss Lampard’s tally of 177.
Spurs then went into cruise control, easing themselves to 45 points, with the top four firmly back in their sights.
It’s a different story for Everton however, with genuine fears over dropping out of the top tier for the first time since 1954.
Carragher took aim at the defensive unit which Lampard deployed in north London, including Keane, Mason Holgate, Jonjoe Kenny and Seamus Coleman.
And Carragher dismissed the idea that Everton are too good to down, suggesting that their back four wasn’t at a Premier League level.
"They started okay in the first ten minutes and were putting pressure on Spurs but when you talk about a team being too good to go down, that is because you maybe look at Everton’s strikers, but this back four is a Championship back four, there is no doubt about it,” the Liverpool legend told Sky Sports.
"Seamus Coleman, I actually feel sorry for. He has been a great servant for Everton but people are getting in behind him far too much, and that comes down to Everton’s recruitment."
