Frank Lampard helping Anthony Gordon live up to Carlo Ancelotti challenge at Everton

It's indicative of modern football that when exciting young attackers break into first-team contention, one of the questions asked about them is over their defensive output.

At the highest level and particularly in a super-charged competition like the Premier League, the teams that tend to prosper are those without passengers out of possession.

Such questions were asked about Anthony Gordon when he was seeking to make that very step up.

In the youth system for Everton he lit up games in the final third, frequently netting himself or laying on goals for his team-mates.

But when it comes to the Premier League, an altruistic approach is required. It's no longer about personal progression, it's about the team.

It was the other side of Gordon's game - the application and defensive awareness - that seemingly hindered his minutes under Carlo Ancelotti in the Italian's first and only full season at the club.

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