Everton vs Brentford 4 − 1 (FA CUP 2022 Goals & Highlights) | Download Mp4

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Frank Lampard began his reign as Everton manager with a 4-1 home win over Brentford on Saturday afternoon, advancing his new side to the fifth round of the FA Cup.

Neither side posed any considerable threat in a damp opening half an hour which quelled the excitement Lampard’s presentation to the Goodison Park crowd had sparked before kick off.

It took a towering header from first half substitute Yerry Mina to break the deadlock, meeting Demarai Gray's corner in the 31st minute as Everton scored a game's opening goal for the first time since October.

Brentford were yet to test Jordan Pickford until the visitors began to exploit their extra man in midfield as the first half drew to a close, though without coming all too close.

Richarlison dinked Everton into a 2-0 lead within a matter of minutes of the restart, punishing Brentford's keeper David Raya for an ill-timed dart off his line.

However, just as in the first half, it was Brentford that were emboldened by Everton's goal. Christian Norgaard sliced through the Toffees' backline within ten minutes of the resumption, putting Ivan Toney into the box. Brentford's forward lured Pickford into a hasty swipe of his legs, winning a penalty which Toney himself converted.

Mason Holgate restored Everton's two-goal lead shortly after the hour mark following a detrimental sequence of play all of Brentford's own making. From the corner Mads Bech Sorensen's dawdling provoked, a shanked header from the same defender inadvertently teed up Holgate to make it 3-1.

Brentford fizzled out of the contest thereafter. Andros Townsend provided a final flourish to Lampard's debut, rifling in a fourth in the 90th minute to seal Everton's first home victory of 2022.