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Marco Silva insists he will continue to encourage Yerry Mina to play out from the back despite the defender gifting a goal to Manchester City.
The Everton boss admits the Colombian was guilty of a “mistake”as he cleared the ball straight to Ilkay Gundogan who started a move that was finished off by Gabriel Jesus.
Silva says he was more frustrated with the way his side defended for City's second and third goals – headers by Jesus and Raheem Sterling – but the Blues manager was keen to shoulder the “responsibility” for the loss at the Etihad.
“Of course, we have a style and a way to play,” Silva said.
“But what is not normal in our team even when they try to block us on the side – and not just Mina but for all of our defenders – is to try to put the ball in the other side.
“When a team-mate is open try to find them, if they block then the ball has to go forward or you can go to Jordan if there is no solution, clear the ball and it is something we had planned.
“In that moment Mina knows what we have to do, he made a mistake but it is part of the game and I don't want to put all the fault on him because it is not fair, I am here to take the responsibility for what happened in the game but it is a mistake.
“But for me, the second and third goals we conceded are worse because in those moments we had all the conditions to do it differently.
“Mistakes can happen, City lost two or three balls when Ederson took some risks, when Otamendi took some risks, it is the idea of the coach.
“Of course, it is not a normal pass in that moment and it's a big learning curve, not just for Mina, but for us as a team.
“When you take positives it is always important to improve and take some confidence and when something happens in not a normal way, we have to learn from that.”
Silva headed into the City game having expressed concerns about the manner of the goals conceded against Newcastle and Watford and admits that he is uneasy with a growing trend.
“It is a concern, you know me and my players know me as well,” he said.
“We have a clear style, we are an offensive team and we created chances against City. That is not easy for clubs to come here and create these chances.
“But we have to be more solid as a team.
“For us to attack well we have to be solid and defend well as a team.”
The Everton boss admits the Colombian was guilty of a “mistake”as he cleared the ball straight to Ilkay Gundogan who started a move that was finished off by Gabriel Jesus.
Silva says he was more frustrated with the way his side defended for City's second and third goals – headers by Jesus and Raheem Sterling – but the Blues manager was keen to shoulder the “responsibility” for the loss at the Etihad.
“Of course, we have a style and a way to play,” Silva said.
“But what is not normal in our team even when they try to block us on the side – and not just Mina but for all of our defenders – is to try to put the ball in the other side.
“When a team-mate is open try to find them, if they block then the ball has to go forward or you can go to Jordan if there is no solution, clear the ball and it is something we had planned.
“In that moment Mina knows what we have to do, he made a mistake but it is part of the game and I don't want to put all the fault on him because it is not fair, I am here to take the responsibility for what happened in the game but it is a mistake.
“But for me, the second and third goals we conceded are worse because in those moments we had all the conditions to do it differently.
“Mistakes can happen, City lost two or three balls when Ederson took some risks, when Otamendi took some risks, it is the idea of the coach.
“Of course, it is not a normal pass in that moment and it's a big learning curve, not just for Mina, but for us as a team.
“When you take positives it is always important to improve and take some confidence and when something happens in not a normal way, we have to learn from that.”
Silva headed into the City game having expressed concerns about the manner of the goals conceded against Newcastle and Watford and admits that he is uneasy with a growing trend.
“It is a concern, you know me and my players know me as well,” he said.
“We have a clear style, we are an offensive team and we created chances against City. That is not easy for clubs to come here and create these chances.
“But we have to be more solid as a team.
“For us to attack well we have to be solid and defend well as a team.”
toffee-L
Player Valuation: £20m
I like him and it's going to take a lot more performances like the one he put in against City for me to question his long term suitability. City are a scary outfit, their movement upfront is terrifying and it's on another level to any other team in the league, it's the main reason they hand out so many hammerings as premier league defences just aren't used to marking fast, technically excellent players who swap positions with each other every five minutes.
He didn't cope well with the back 3, it seemed a strange game for that to be implemented in and it didn't really work - even though we created good chances.
Mina was thrown into his premier league debut against Chelsea and was excellent and he was very good at Anfield as well. He has made some mistakes recently but right now we are playing like a side that still looks to be very affected by how we lost that Merseyside Derby. Everyone's level has dropped since then, Mina is certainly not on his own.
He didn't cope well with the back 3, it seemed a strange game for that to be implemented in and it didn't really work - even though we created good chances.
Mina was thrown into his premier league debut against Chelsea and was excellent and he was very good at Anfield as well. He has made some mistakes recently but right now we are playing like a side that still looks to be very affected by how we lost that Merseyside Derby. Everyone's level has dropped since then, Mina is certainly not on his own.
The lad is quality and bags of room for development, he has every attribute you would want from a defender.
Has some rough edges and needs to get up to pace in this league, but his base line quality will make him one of the top European defenders in my opinion.
Has some rough edges and needs to get up to pace in this league, but his base line quality will make him one of the top European defenders in my opinion.
Messigician
Player Valuation: £500k
We just beat the team that put 5 past us last season in our only defeat 5-0 without Mina.
He is a defensive liability.
He is a defensive liability.
Nymzee
Player Valuation: £150m
Encoder
Player Valuation: £35m
I think they prefer the online approach to football since non of them are actually from Barcelona. Or Spain. Or Europe. MES QUE UN CLUB THO LAD.
vinvinvin
Player Valuation: £1m
We've been brought back down to Earth a bit with regards to Mina as it's clear he has some adapting and improving to do, however he definitely seems to have the right attitude to do it. Leader on the pitch and seems genuinely bothered when it doesn't go his way which is a good sign - the worst type of player is the arrogant type who don't take any responsibility when things aren't going well and he doesn't seem to be that.
Just been on Sky Sports something about a video of a song we sing which is of a racist nature or something. Anyone seen it??
Dario Terracotta
Player Valuation: £70m
LFC TV you mean?
Apparently its a song about the size of his schlong that the fans were singing at City Dario.
Looks like songs referencing large schlongs ain't allowed
Dario Terracotta
Player Valuation: £70m
Amazing how they pick up on this macca, yet that disgusting picture of Shaqiri set against the backdrop of the Munich Air Disaster has "surprisingly"gone unnoticed.
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