Everton Beat Southampton 2-1
Everton manager Frank Lampard insisted his side cannot rest on their laurels after recording back-to-back victories by coming from behind to beat Southampton.
Summer signings Conor Coady and Dwight McNeil engineered a quickfire turnaround at St Mary’s as Everton, who only clinched survival in the penultimate game of last season, climbed to 11th in the Premier League.
“The minute we rest is our downfall – it’s important we realise there is a long way for us to go,” Lampard told BBC Match of the Day.
“There are glimpses – there were big glimpses against West Ham in our last game – but we haven’t had lots of time to work with the team.
“To work with the players that are in the team who weren’t here last year, on the way we want to play, those relationships throughout the pitch.
“There’s a nice competitive feel to the squad but we can get a lot better and we’ve got hard games coming up so we need to stay on it.”
After a drab first 45 minutes, the match burst into life when Joe Aribo drilled Saints ahead with a fine left-footed finish early in the second half.
The Toffees had scored just five goals in their opening seven games, but turned the match around with two strikes in three minutes to extend their unbeaten run to six games.
Coady swept the visitors level from Amadou Onana’s excellent knockdown before McNeil flashed them ahead with a fierce shot that beat Gavin Bazunu at his near post.
England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford, on his return from a thigh injury, made a fine save to deny Adam Armstrong, while Saints debutant Duje Caleta-Car volleyed over a great late chance as the hosts slipped to a fourth defeat in five.
