Frank Lampard has confirmed Demarai Gray was forced off with a hip problem and Yerry Mina sustained a quadriceps injury during Tuesday night’s 3-1 defeat at Newcastle United.
Gray was substituted on 25 minutes at St James’ Park and replaced by debutant Dele, while Mina came off for Jarrad Branthwaite moments before the Blues took a 36th-minute lead.
Manager Lampard revealed he was hopeful Gray’s injury was not too serious but that Mina would have to be assessed by the Club’s medical team this week.
“Yerry’s a muscle injury, his quad,” Lampard told evertontv. “Demarai was a hip. We are hoping with him it’s not too bad. It’s something that he’s had before that he got over quite quickly but, with Yerry, we’ll have to assess him over the next few days.”
With Everton starting to dominate the game prior to the enforced changes, Lampard conceded their absences did not help his side’s cause.
“They are two big players for us,” he added. “Demarai’s had a fantastic season so far and I thought that we were causing them some problems with Anthony [Gordon], Demarai and Richarlison as we wanted to.
“Yerry is obviously a big player for us as well, so when you lose two big players you also restrict yourself on subs in the second half.
"I would have made more changes to try to affect the game, but it was impossible to other than to bring on Donny [Van de Beek] who came on at a difficult time. They were big circumstances that happened that made it difficult tonight.”
This video is for Season Ticket Holders, Official Members and Hospitality Members
If you already have an Official Membership or 22/23 Season Ticket, just login to watch the video.
If you are interested in an Official membership, you can find out how to buy one here.
Also check out our streaming FAQs.
This content or section of the site is available for free to Digital Members
To view this content you need to be a Season Ticket Holder, Hospitality Member or Official Member.
As well as access to live pre-season matches, Official Members receive a range of other benefits, including exclusive content and welcome pack.
MORE INFO - BUY A MEMBERSHIP - STREAMING FAQs