Micah Richards disagrees with Jamie Carragher's Everton 'Championship' claim

Micah Richards has disagreed with Jamie Carragher’s claims over Everton’s defence but has insisted that the club face a “very tough” task to avoid relegation.

The Blues fell to a narrow 1-0 defeat to Wolves at the weekend to leave themselves level on points with 18th-placed Watford. Although, Frank Lampard’s side do have several games in hand on those clubs around the bottom three.

When discussing Everton’s fortunes after their 5-0 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur earlier this month, former Liverpool defender Jamie Carrragher highlighted the quality of Everton’s attacking options - but labelled the team’s defence as “a Championship back-four” . However, ex-Manchester City captain Micah Richards has disagreed with Carragher’s assessment, though the former England defender does believe that Blues boss Lampard has a battle on his hands.

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“I know people have said that Everton’s back line is a ‘Championship defence’, I wouldn’t go as strong as that,” Richards told the Monday Night Club on BBC Radio Five Live . “I think there are some good players in there, I don’t know if they’ve found the right rhythm and whether they should play four at the back, five at the back or a three,

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