Everton injury update on Ben Godfrey as Yerry Mina and Fabian Delph absences explained

Everton boss Frank Lampard is hoping that Ben Godfrey's quad injury isn't severe.

The centre-back pulled out of the Toffees' Merseyside derby against Liverpool after suffering a problem during the warm-up.

Michael Keane replaced Godfrey in defence as Everton made the Premier League title-chasing Reds work hard for their 2-0 win at Anfield.

Lampard revealed that Godfrey's setback was bad luck and he'll be assessed this week.

The Everton boss said: "It's bad luck, bad luck. It's a muscle injury.

"You can never second guess them, they come. It's the same with Donny [van de Beek] at West Ham.

"Sometimes, on that run of luck, that's the way it is.

"What I have to say is the players that come in, Michael Keane - 20 minutes before going up Liverpool's attack - is a real compliment to him and how he handled that.

"No idea [on the severity of Godfrey's injury]. We'll get a scan. We're hoping it's minor.

Why Mina and Delph did not feature

Meanwhile, Lampard made the decision to rest Yerry Mina and Fabian Delph.

Both have both recently returned from respective long-term injuries.

With Everton now in the relegation zone and two points adrift of safety, Lampard admitted he gave Mina and Delph breathers because he's looking at the bigger picture - although they were tough decisions.

He added: "Difficult decisions. They've both come in and really impacted things - Delphy for two games, Yerry for one.

"Yerry was a bit stiff and tight for a couple of days after the game. That's normal, he's been out for 10 weeks and with his history, it was a decision made with the thought process of the next games coming up.

“Delphy was similar. They are important players for us so we took them out for that reason and I think the players that came in, to be fair, did really well.”