Everton vs Brighton & Hove Albion LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
Everton 1-4 Brighton: Dismal Toffees thrashed by rampant Seagulls as Frank Lampard’s problems deepen
A new year brought no change in fortune for beleaguered Everton manager Frank Lampard as Goodison Park turned toxic after Brighton and Hove Albion recorded their biggest away win - 4-1 - in the Premier League.
Any sliver of confidence gained from the weekend’s creditable draw at Manchester City was shattered by a performance lacking guts and guile and justifiably greeted with loud boos.
It was typified by a catastrophic seven-minute spell at the start of the second half in which they conceded three soft goals to 18-year-old Evan Ferguson, Solly March and Pascal Gross to add to Kaoru Mitoma’s early first-half strike.
Demarai Gray’s added-time penalty consolation merely prompted yet more chants of ‘Sack the board’. For the second successive home match the Toffees were booed off as a pivotal month in which they are required to, at the very least, beat fellow strugglers Southampton and West Ham and make some new signings began in the worst possible fashion.
Relive you all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:
Everton vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Everton have lost three of their last four home Premier League matches (W1), losing the last two in a row. The Toffees last lost three in a row at Goodison Park in February 2021, while Lampard hasn’t lost three home games in a row in the Premier League as a player or manager since March 2001, when he played for West Ham, playing 90 minutes in defeats to Chelsea, Ipswich and Everton.
Everton vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Colwill gets to Gray's corner first, but can only head it into the path of McNeil. From a close range, his powerful attempt is blocked by March who rushes across.
Everton vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Not so good from Patterson this time. He gets onto a ball into the box from Davies, heading it from right to left, but nobody is there. Goal-kick to Brighton.
Everton vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Iwobi switches the ball out to the right towards Patterson, who takes one touch before curling a cross into the box. Calvert-Lewin gets onto it but knocks it wide of the post. He puts his thumbs up, appreciating the attempt from the full-back.
Everton vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Everton are having a good spell in the game. McNeil searches for Tarkowski with a free-kick from the left, but it goes over the head of the defender and out for a throw-in.
Everton vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Gray sends an inswinging corner into the box, but Tarkowski heads it well wide.
Everton vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Gray does well, collecting a long switch from right to left before having his shot blocked out for a corner.
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