Everton suffered from adopting a misleading tactical approach which wasn’t as it seemed at Tottenham Hotspur and Frank Lampard needs to take his share of the blame along with the players.
That’s the verdict of Everton author Gavin Buckland following the team's shambolic showing in a 5-0 defeat.
He told the ECHO's Royal Blue podcast : “I think we spoke about the Manchester City game as being a sort of a template for how to play for the rest of the season – 4-3-3 and keep it tight and don’t give the opposition space but at the same time be flexible enough when you do have the ball to move forward.