Everton star Richarlison has jumped to the defence of manager Marco Silva.
Silva is in the firing line after three wins in the first 10 games of the Premier League campaign have left the Merseyside Blues hovering just above the relegation zone.
But Richarlison says: Now is the time to separate the men from the boys.
It has been difficult, but the coach can't take all the blame. It is us that go out on to the pitch and need to take responsibility for this.
We need to go for the win, it is 11 versus 11, and at times our performances have left a bit to be desired. We are aware of the pressure but we are all under pressure.
The players have been giving everything, but the results haven't been happening so we all got together and had a meeting as a group.
We asked each other the questions, 'What is happening? What can we identify? Where can we correct things?'
It was after the Burnley game, when we conceded from a corner after spending the whole week in training on defending set-pieces.
It was good that the players took it on themselves on how to correct things.
We beat West Ham and at Brighton last week we had the three points in our hands again before they got a penalty that only the VAR could see. It was very frustrating, but on Tuesday we beat Watford to reach the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup and now we have a classic against Tottenham."
