Everton boss Frank Lampard says Steven Gerrard will bounce back from his Aston Villa sacking.

Gerrard was dismissed by Aston Villa on Thursday night, just 75 minutes after their 3-0 defeat to Marco Silva's Fulham at Craven Cottage, the venue for the Blues' next away game.

Lampard said: “I know Stevie, I get on well with him, and have a huge amount of respect for him as a player, as a person and a manager and coach, that's the first thing. It's not nice for somebody to lose their job and when it's in the public eye, I know that from my experience, it also can be difficult in many ways.

“He's a very tough lad with good family around him and all those things but I won't comment much more as having been in that situation, I know there are a lot of things beneath that with situations he's worked with and he'll have his views on that, but he's a great, great football person and that's all I've got to say really."