Nigerian International Alex Iwobi Speaks As Premier League Club Everton Continues to Battle Relegation

• Alex Iwobi is hopeful that Everton will not relegate from the English Premier League by the end of this season
• The Toffees have been woeful in recent times and they sit just one point above the relegation zone, with nine games left
• Iwobi says Everton will try to win every game left this season in their bid to remain in the English topflight

Nigerian star Alex Iwobi seems confident that his club Everton will not relegate from the English Premier League this season, Complete Sports reports.

The 25-year-old believes Frank Lampard’s side can battle to stay afloat in the English topflight, but they must prove they are capable of challenging their opponents in the remaining games this season.

Everton are struggling in the EPL and they are just one point from the relegation zone with just nine matches left before the end of the season.

They host Manchester United at the Goodison Park on Saturday and Iwobi has urged his Everton teammates to give their all in the remaining games.

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He told talkSPORT:

“The teams around us, like Burnley, are pushing up and putting pressure on us and it makes things a bit difficult, but you can’t look at it like that.

“We have to keep on going. We have nine games to go and there’s a maximum of 27 points that we can get. We’re going to try and win every game, it’s not easy, but we have to take it game by game.

“From what I see in training and spells in matches we know we have the quality, it’s just remaining consistent.

“As players, we’re not Championship players. We feel like we have enough quality to stay up. We just have to prove it to ourselves and prove it to the fans and we’ll be alright, but it starts this Saturday.”

How Everton lost to Burnley

Meanwhile, Everton suffered an unceremonious defeat against fellow relegation battlers, Burnley 3-2, to further dampen their chances of playing topflight football next season.

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The Toffees needed a victory against Sean Dyche's men to stir clear of the relegation zone, but some disastrous defending led to the 4th defeat in 5 games for Frank Lampard's team.

Two goals from Richarlison had given Everton some respite as they led Burnley 2-1 at half-time, but Jay Rodriguez's equalizer and a late Maxwell Cornet strike sealed one of Burnley's most important wins of the season.

Everton fans call for Lampard’s sack

Sports Brief earlier reported that a section of Everton fans are already calling on Frank Lampard to be sacked after yet another lowly defeat in the Premier League.

Everton, who have not been relegated since 1951, now face a genuine threat of falling down the second tier of English football as they sit just one point above the drop zone.

After defeat to Burnley, the Everton faithful turned on Lampard, and a large section of them now want the Chelsea legend sacked with only eight games of the season to go.