Everton boss Frank Lampard was happy with his players after their 1-1 draw with Nottingham Forest.
Lampard admitted his frustration Everton could not take maximum points from a game he feels they “deserved to win” in Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Nottingham Forest – but praised the determination his team showed to fight back to hit a late leveller.
He said, “It’s a first point on the board, but I thought we deserved to win today. That’s not to say Forest didn’t compete. They’re a team of really good players and they have a really good coach. We had 19 shots and, with the quality of chances we have, it’s very difficult to gain control and real confidence in the game if you’re not taking those.
“Things are not dropping for us. Balls are flying around the box, shots cannoning off opposition players’ bodies. We had a lot of good opportunities to score but we didn’t take them. Forest had a couple themselves, but we certainly had the better of the chances. We showed good character to come back and get a point out of it. We had a couple of fair chances to score a winner, too, and on another day, those go in.
“There’s resilience and there’s spirit. It’s easy to lose confidence when you concede, but the plyers stuck with it and the fans did too. It did get a little nervous after Forest scored but Demarai’s goal changed that. You see the power of unification in the stadium when we get the last five minutes – when everyone is together pushing for that goal and the players run forward and give that energy.”