Frank Lampard: 'I know I'm not the best coach in the world'

Everton manager Frank Lampard remains confident he can turn around Everton's slide towards relegation but admits he is not a miracle worker.

In the days leading up to the 2-1 defeat to bottom side Southampton, owner Farhad Moshiri had expressed his faith in Lampard, director of football Kevin Thelwell – both approaching their first anniversaries at Goodison – and the club’s board.

But with just one win in the last 13 matches and no new, much-needed, signings as the transfer window enters its third week the Toffees – who are only off the bottom of the table on goal difference – are facing an uphill battle to arrest their slide.

"We’re in a tough moment so everything can look tough and feel tough but in terms of my abilities, I always remain confident about that," said a beleaguered Lampard, whose overseeing of a fourth successive home defeat is the worst run since 1951 when the club was last relegated.

"I know I’m not a miracle worker and I know I’m not the best coach in the world – to proclaim that would be stupid because so many people have got successes behind them – but I know I’ll work as hard as I can to be as good as I can be and that’s it.

"I have to work with the team that I’ve got and find a way to make us as good as can be.

"The message to the fans is that I want to create a team that can fight, show passion, I show that myself to be fair."

That task in itself appears a daunting one as his side are finding it almost impossible to draw matches – just two in this current 13-game downward spiral – never mind win them.

Amadou Onana, the one bright spot on an otherwise miserable afternoon at Goodison Park, scored his first goal for the club since his €39million summer transfer from Lille and that should have given the home