Marco Silva passing the blame as Everton fall into bottom three | OneFootball

Everton are now in the relegation zone following a 5-2 Merseyside derby thrashing and it appears Marco Silva’s days, perhaps hours, are numbered.

Liverpool outplayed their rivals from the opening whistle and after the match, Silva stayed true to his beliefs that what he was attempting to accomplish was correct yet his side failed to execute.

“It was a tough night for us. We knew before the match it would be tough for us, we had to be competitive.

“We conceded two quick goals and that was really tough for us. We knew what they would try to do, we knew everything, we cannot concede goals in that way at the level we are.

”Our two defenders were in a good position but again, Origi scores. It is impossible, we have to track these players. It does not make sense, we did not plan that way.

“Last season we had the fourth-best defence in the Premier League, but tonight it was not good enough. Just not good enough.

”It is really tough for us to be in the relegation zone but if you are there you are making the same mistakes.

“I’m not here to talk about the fight of the players, our opponent was more brave than us. We should do better of course, we were not good enough.”

When asked if he would still be around this weekend, Silva said: ”I am not the right person to answer. Every game I get the same question.

“My words here will change nothing, this question is for different people. We are making some mistakes which put us under big, big pressure.

“The type of mistakes we are making is because the players are playing under big pressure because of the position in the table.

“They are making some mistakes that are not normal for the level we are.”