Dwight McNeil sends Everton forwards message as Michael Keane breaks silence on Frank Lampard snub

Your Everton headlines for Sunday, April 2 as Dwight McNeil makes Ellis Simms point after Michael Keane describes Frank Lampard omission

Stephen Killen Senior Football Writer

20:58, 02 Apr 2023

Dwight McNeil of Everton in action during the Premier League match between Everton FC and Brentford FC at Goodison Park on March 11, 2023.

Here are your evening Everton headlines for Sunday, April 2.

Dwight McNeil sends Ellis Simms message to Everton forwards

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Dwight McNeil has praised Ellis Simms for his centre-forward play and believes his Everton side are giving everything to preserve the club's Premier League status.

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Simms came off the bench to score a late equaliser against Chelsea last time out. Replacing Idrissa Gueye after 79 minutes, the 22-year-old showed exactly what he can do.

Taking a short pass from Abdoulaye Doucoure, Simms then brushed off Kalidou Koulibaly before cutting inside and finishing past Kepa Arrizabalaga. And McNeil believes it was the sort of play his team-mates want to see from their forward.

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He said: “We know he has got that side to his side to his game. The way he went past the defender. He’s a striker, that is what we want from our strikers. A cool and composed finish from the lad.”

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Michael Keane opens up on being frozen out by Frank Lampard at Everton

Michael Keane has opened up on being frozen out by Frank Lampard and revealed the blunt response he was given when asked about getting back in the team.

The centre-back made 30 or more Premier League games in each of his first five seasons at Everton. Yet under Lampard this season, Keane was restricted to a mere 22 minutes of action off the bench at Brentford in August.

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However, the appointment of Sean Dyche, under whose management at Burnley Keane earned his move to Goodison Park, the England international has been handed a fresh start and picked alongside his former Clarets centre-back partner James Tarkowski for his side’s past four matches.

But when reflecting on his time out of the side, Keane revealed that when he went and asked Lampard what he needed to do to get back into contention, he was told 'nothing really' with the former Chelsea and Manchester City midfielder pointing to the defender’s age as the reason why.

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