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Lampard Reaction To Brighton Defeat

Read Frank Lampard's post-match reaction following Everton's defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion below. Watch his video interview here.

Q: Those three goals in six second-half minutes. How do you reflect on that?

FL: They were three goals that finished the game. [They came from] mistakes from us, individual or unit mistakes defensively and against a team of Brighton's quality, they take a game that was probably pretty even other than the goal in the first half... I thought we could have been better but possession-wise it was pretty even, then that spell finished the game.

Q: How do you and the team come back from that? After what must have been a big half-time team talk, that must be the last thing you want to see?

FL: Yes. You can't come back from that in a game, other than showing resilience and keep playing until the end of the game to try to make things happen as you should do. Other than that, the reality is in the Premier League at 4-0 it's going to be very tough to turn that around in half an hour. 

Q: Do you feel like your players did that for the last half hour?

FL: It's a difficult circumstance and I'm not here to focus on the last half hour, really. I think the six minutes of mistakes changed the game. It's very difficult playing at 4-0 when you're on the receiving end and very easy when you're winning by that scoreline. That's our responsibility because we allowed that to happen.

Q: Did you see enough in certain parts of the performance tonight to make you think that you can turn things around with this group of players and go again?

FL: Yes, because I've seen enough on Saturday in terms of parts of the performance and I've seen enough in other certain performances. What isn't good enough is the consistency of the team to get results. We have to respect Brighton - they're a good team who have come here today. I felt the first half, the look of it was what we expected because they try to play a lot and we had a lot of high regains, we had some opportunities, they play through you sometimes and sometimes you have to get stretched to go man-for-man with them. I didn't hate the first half but, obviously, the six minutes is not good enough from us and if you perform like that defensively then you will lose games.

Q: What did you say to the players afterwards?

FL: It's not time to go into dressing room talk after a result like that. I've been there before and it's about taking personal responsibility - every player and myself. It's about, 'What can I do better?' and as long as you do that and don't look left or right at anyone else, that's the only reaction you can have to days like today.