Lampard insists Everton's latest defeat was down to circumstances

Frank Lampard put Everton's latest deflating loss down to circumstances, complaining that things are conspiring against his team.

Lampard lost Donny van de Beek to injury in the warm-up, forcing him into a late reshuffle, while Nathan Patterson, who was due to make his Premier League debut, turned his ankle in training on Saturday.

Everton's manager likewise cursed how Aaron Cresswell scored from a direct free-kick to give West Ham the lead while neither of Richarlison's one-on-one chances went in at the London Stadium.

Relegation-threatened Everton have now had a player sent off in three consecutive league matches, after Michael Keane's red card, leaving Lampard feeling little is going his way.

'Nobody gets an easy game at Burnley,' Lampard said of Everton's next clash at Turf Moor on Wednesday.

'(We must) continue with the application and character of our performance and keep working. Because when things are going against you — and they are, that's not a whinge — the only way to do it is to keep doing the right things and working, and then they turn.

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