Marco Silva shares the blunt message he gave Everton players at full time last night

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Everton drew 2-2 at home to Watford on Monday night.

Everton boss Marco Silva has told the club’s official website that he ‘didn’t like’ his side’s second half showing last night – and told them exactly that.

The Toffees were in action at Goodison Park against Watford on Monday night, and were hoping to get back to winning ways at home after a disappointing 1-1 draw with Newcastle United just days earlier.

It all looked to be going so well as Richarlison pounced to score against his former club in the first half, smashing home an Andre Gomes cross to put Everton in front.

However, Everton had a mad few minutes in the second half, as Seamus Coleman scored an own goal before he was beaten by Abdoulaye Doucoure, with Watford scoring twice in quick succession to go 2-1 up.

Gylfi Sigurdsson then had a penalty saved by Ben Foster as Everton looked to be running out of ideas, but a last-gasp Lucas Digne free kick rescued a point for Silva’s men.

Their second-half showing was truly terrible, both defensively and going forward, with Everton lacking any sort of rhythm or cohesion after the break.

After the full-time whistle, Everton manager Silva admitted that he told his players that he ‘didn’t like’ the second half display, noting that his side dropped off the pace after going 1-0 up and completely lacked control of the game.

“I told the players that I didn’t like our second half,” said Silva. “It was not a normal second half for us. We have to display our quality on the pitch a bit more, to play our way and try to score the second goal. In the first half we did well, playing our way, trying to score and creating chances. We had speed in some moments in our game. But after we scored the first goal, the game didn’t have the control we wanted.”

“We cannot concede two goals in two or three minutes. In those two moments, we have to do differently. But we kept trying to create chances and we did with Richarlison, the penalty and others. But thankfully we got the equaliser right at the end,” he added.