No Reason for Frank Lampard To Feel Blue, Everton Beat Brentford in All Premier League Clash in the FA Cup

No Reason for Frank Lampard To Feel Blue, Everton Beat Brentford in All Premier League Clash in the FA Cup

Byron Pillay
updated at April 12, 2023 at 7:55 PM
  • Everton beat Brentford in the FA Cup to give Frank Lampard the perfect winning start his time in charge
  • Everton beat Brentford 4-1 thanks to goals from Yerry Mina, Richarlison, Mason Holgate and Andros Townsend
  • Brentford pulled one goal back thanks to Ivan Toney who scored a penalty after he was brought down in the box

Frank Lampard got a dream start to his first game in charge of the Everton team.

The Merseyside team beat fellow Premier League side Brentford 4-1, in a game that Sports Brief monitored.

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Frank Lampard's Everton beat Brentford 4-1 in the FA Cup. Image: @brfootball
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Lampard took over the Everton side after Rapha Benitez was let go due to poor performances. Lampard, who previously coached Chelsea, was hoping to bring better fortunes and he couldn’t have asked for a better start.

After a cagey start to the encounter, Everton got the first goal thanks to a header from Yerry Mina. The Colombian, who recently returned from injury, found himself in the right place at the right time in the box to easily head in from a corner in the 31st minute.

Everton headed into the halftime break with the lead but soon doubled it when the action got underway again.

Richarlison finished brilliantly in the 48th minute after a through ball from Allan. Brentford keeper David Raya came rushing out but Richarlison chipped him to score.

Two minutes later, Brentford almost pulled one back after Ivan Toney put a ball into the box but no one could get on the end of it.

Brentford did pull one back in the 54th minute when Ivan Toney was brought down in the box by Pickford. The player dusted himself off and converted the penalty to give the visitors some hope.

Eight minutes later though, Everton killed off that hope when Mason Holgate scored their third.

The goal came from another corner and gave The Toffees their two-goal lead back. Brentford tried in vain to get something out of the game but Everton killed it off in the 91st minute thanks to Andros Townsend.

His smart curled effort found the back of the net to send Frank Lampard into celebration mode and guide Everton into the next round.

Heartbreak for Kidderminster Harriers: Fans react to West Ham United's last-second win in the FA Cup

Kidderminster Harriers were cruelly denied a famous win against West Ham United in the FA Cup earlier today. Kidderminster Harriers are 113 places behind West Ham in the football league structure, Sports Brief reported.

It was heartbreak twice for Kidderminster who led from the 19th till the 91st minute thanks to Alex Penny, The Guardian reported. West Ham scored in the 91st minute thanks to Declan Rice, with two minutes left to play, to take the matter to extra time.

With penalties looming and Kidderminster still in with a chance of pulling off an upset, Jared Bowen broke their hearts once again in the final seconds of extra time to secure a 2-1 win over the sixth-tier side, The Mirror reported.

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Byron Pillay
Byron Pillay is a sports writer and Head of the Department at Sports Brief (joined in 2022) with over 10 years of experience in community journalism and a degree in journalism from Caxton's Cadet School.
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