Frank Lampard suffered an embarrassing Carabao Cup exit as his Everton side were beaten 4-1 by Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium.
The Toffees had to pay for a number of defensive errors as Bournemouth ended their run of four successive Premier League defeats to advance to the fourth round.
Jamal Lowe, Junior Stanislas, Emiliano Marcondes and Jaidon Anthony were on target for the hosts, with Demarai Gray responding.
Lampard made 11 changes following the Premier League home loss to Leicester, while Mark Travers and Chris Mepham were the sole survivors of Bournemouth’s 4-3 defeat at Leeds.
Lowe took just seven minutes to send the hosts in front as his shot deflected off James Garner and looped over the blocked Asmir Begovic.
Tom Davies squandered a golden chance to equalize just four minutes later. Abdoulaye Doucoure slid the ball in to send Davies clean but the midfielder blazed high above the crossbar.
Travers made a smart save in the 14th minute to switch behind Garner’s vicious strike.
Everton had another good chance to equalize a minute later when Anthony Gordon came over from six yards with the gaping goal.
Gordon was lucky to escape with only a yellow card a minute before half-time following a poor challenge on Jordan Zemura.
Mason Holgate offered the Cherries the chance to double their lead two minutes into the second half. It was stolen by Ryan Christie after sliding at the edge of the penalty area and Christie then set up Lowe to fire the ball through the penalty area for Stanislas to strike home at the far post.
Lampard responded with a triple substitution, bringing in Gray, Alex Iwobi and Dwight McNeil – with Gordon among those substituted.
It would have been 3-0 in the 56th minute if Begovic hadn’t made a good save at his near post to deny Anthony’s shot.
Lowe should have had his second in the 64th minute after being spotted at the far post by Zemura’s teasing cross – but he couldn’t keep his head down.
Gray brought Everton back into the game in the 67th minute when he curled into the top left corner just inside the penalty area to cut the deficit.
Bournemouth had squandered two-goal leads to lose each of their last two Premier League games and there was anxiety among home fans.
However, nerves were eased when Emiliano Marcondes struck from close range in the 78th minute after Begovic could only push Anthony’s initial shot his way.
And the game was over four minutes later as Bournemouth capitalized on Everton’s direst defense to score their fourth.
Nathan Patterson was taken into possession by Siriki Dembele and the ball eventually came for Anthony to slot into the bottom corner from 12 yards out.
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