MARCO Silva felt Fulham could have been four goals up at half-time before Everton’s late comeback to seal a 2-1 win at Craven Cottage.
Vitalii Mykolenko’s own goal in the eighteenth minute gave the Cottagers the lead.
But David Moyes’ side levelled fifteen minutes from time when Mykolenko assisted Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall who finished from close range.
The Toffees snatched the win eight minutes later as goalkeeper Bernd Leno fumbled Dewsbury-Hall’s corner into his own net.
The hosts should have added to their lead in the first half. Samuel Chukwueze was denied by a brilliant save from Jordan Pickford before Emile Smith Rowe and Chukwueze both hit the crossbar from long range.
“The game at half-time should have been decided. It should have been 4-0, 4-1. At this level you have to be ruthless,” Silva said.
“It was a good first half and second half was completely the opposite. We can only blame ourselves. The way we lost this afternoon should be a real learning point for us because at this level you cannot be soft and we were too soft. The way we defended, we are too soft.
“We can blame many things about decisions but we have to look at ourselves much more than other things. We have to look at ourselves and blame ourselves.
“A team that played so well in the first half and was so clear in the game, we stopped playing. The way we were so soft in the way we defended, you have to look in the mirror and say it is not enough.
“You have to keep doing the right things. You have to expect a reaction from a team that is losing, that is normal. No reaction, no tactical changes, they just reacted. We stopped doing the things we did so well.”
