Everton boss Frank Lampard says their Premier League table position is deserved.

During the World Cup break Everton sit a point outside the bottom three.

Lampard told the Liverpool Echo: “It's a reality check of where we are.

“But I think we are in a pretty real position. In terms of what we're trying to do with the squad, what teams around us are doing and have done with their squads, and in a competitive league, there is no right for us to go from the position we were in at the end of last season - staying up against Crystal Palace - to getting to where we really want to be.

"The process is going to include times where we feel good about ourselves, like we did after Palace and after back-to-back wins against West Ham and Southampton, and then times when we feel not so good about ourselves. I don't see there being any other pathway than that. And that's part of the work. And that's what we have to keep focusing on."