Fulham ‘too soft’ in defeat against Everton – Silva

Marco Silva felt his Fulham side were “too soft” in the second half of their 2-1 defeat against Everton.

Fulham led at half-time at Craven Cottage and had a host of chances to extend that lead.

Vitalii Mykolenko’s own goal opened the scoring but he atoned for his error by setting up Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall’s second-half equaliser.

And keeper Bernd Leno flapped at Dewsbury-Hall’s late corner, touching the ball into his own net under pressure from Jake O’Brien.

Whites boss Silva admitted: “In the second half we stopped doing the right things.

“We stopped doing things that we did so well in the first half; the dynamic in our build-up, when we play under pressure.

“We were too soft for this level. You look at the goals (conceded).”

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Fulham were boosted by the return of striker Rodrigo Muniz, who came off the bench, but it was Everton who finished stronger.

“It was a moment for us to blame ourselves, to really look for ourselves, because you want to prove your quality,” said Silva.

“It was a good chance for us to prove our quality but we have to prove it during the 95 minutes. not just 45 .”