Sean Dyche fully explains Everton comments and lifts lid on Frank Lampard phone call

Sean Dyche has fully explained his comments about Everton following Burnley's win over the Blues last month, reflecting on how they were misconstrued and lifting the lid on a subsequent phone call with Frank Lampard.

The former Clarets manager was sacked by the club in April as they continued to battle against relegation, with Mike Jackson stepping into the role in an interim basis. Dyche had been in charge at Turf Moor for 10 years.

However, before he was relieved of his duties, he led Burnley to a rousing 3-2 victory over Everton - coming from behind twice to earn a valuable three points. Following the match, comments that he made about the Blues which he reportedly relayed to his squad at half time dominated the news cycle.

Giving his first interview since his sacking exclusively to The Second Captains podcast, the former Burnley boss explained that his comments had been taken out of context.

He remarked: "You've got to remember we'd just beat Everton on the Wednesday, and performed really well particularly in the second half. We deserved it. It's important actually. I got a lot of heat, I made a really innocent comment in that game - which I spoke to Frank Lampard directly about actually, and people forget that.

"He, just to be clear, said that - he said 'I've spoke to Sean'. I got his number and I made sure I said that this has been completely misconstrued. If you watch the whole interview when I clearly said 'I've been down this road a number of times, and sometimes you just forget almost how to win a game'. And that all of a sudden becomes I've got some sleight or some angle or some this or that - which I wasn't.

"When it went out I said, 'I'm not having that'. And I don't normally do this but I thought I'd