NATHAN PATTERSON was benched again as Everton crashed out of the FA Cup to Crystal Palace today.
The Eagles endured a tricky start at Selhurst Park but Marc Guehi’s 25-minute opener helped settle any lingering nerves and Jean-Philippe Mateta added a crucial second before half-time.
It put the hosts firmly in the driving seat for a place at Wembley and late goals from Wilfried Zaha and Will Hughes booked their spot in the last four with a comprehensive victory.
Patterson was again overlooked by former Celtic flop Jonjoe Kenny, and Lampard hit out at his players at full-time.
Lampard said: “There is only so much you can keep trying to butter someone up to give them confidence.
“We are playing at the cut-throat end of football here. This is a cup quarter-final to get to Wembley and if you haven’t got the confidence to play, you can quickly flip it and say have you got the b******* to play?
“Sorry, excuse me but that is the football reality. If you fall somewhere in the middle then don’t worry about it.
“We didn’t play that badly today and Palace didn’t play that well and we lost 4-0 because of a lack of confidence and a lack of what I just said. It wasn’t tactics. Tactics showed in the first 20 minutes Palace couldn’t get out of their half.”
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