Everton: Frank Lampard's interview has fans talking after Crystal Palace defeat

Everton’s 2021/22 season suffered another crushing blow as they were dumped out of the FA Cup in humiliating style against Crystal Palace.

While securing Premier League survival is ultimately the priority at Goodison Park, there’s no denying that reaching Wembley Stadium in world football’s oldest competition would have been a welcome boost.

However, Frank Lampard instead had to swallow the latest bump in the road of what has already been a tumultuous few months on Merseyside, watching his team slump to a 4-0 thrashing at Selhurst Park.

Marc Guéhi headed the Eagles into the lead, Jean-Philippe Mateta capped off a slick team move, Wilfried Zaha bagged a fortuitous third and Will Hughes completed the rout by sweeping home a rebound.

On paper, you’d think that the Toffees had capitulated for the umpteenth time this season, suffering an unexpected hangover from the Newcastle United defeat in spectacular fashion.

However, while Everton were by no means top quality in south London, they didn’t play as poorly as the scoreline would have you believe and actually started much the better team.

As such, you could really sense in Lampard’s post-match interview what could only be described as a cocktail of frustration, dismay, disappointment and just about every emotion on that spectrum.

You can never fault the Chelsea legend for his passion, but one particular section of his chat with Everton’s press team caught the eye on social media with the accusations of saltiness raining in.

That’s because the 43-year-old gave a rather eye-opening breakdown of Palace’s goals, slamming some of them as ‘average’ or ‘a fluke’, while also taking aim at the performance of his own players.

According to Everton’s official website, Lampard reflected: