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Marco Silva labelled the defeat to Leicester City as "harsh" as Everton went down to a VAR goal in time added on.

The Blues took the lead at the King Power Stadium mid-way through the first-half when Richarlison met Djibril Sidibe's cross with a diving header.

But Everton were pegged back just past the hour mark when Jamie Vardy converted Kelechi Ihenacho's cross-shot.

And deep into time added on at the end of the game, Ihenacho curled the ball past Jordan Pickford and though referee Graham Scott initially ruled it out for offside, a VAR check saw that decision turned on its head.

Silva said the 2-1 loss, which leaves Everton fourth from bottom, was cruel on his players.

And the Portuguese coach said he was not the person to answer questions over if he will still be in position for Wednesday night's derby at Anfield.

"Really disappointed with the result, which was in my opinion, a really harsh result for us," Silva said.

"Tough result for us. We clearly deserved more from the game than what we achieved, but that's football. We came here with a plan, with the problems we had in our midfielder zone we only had Tom and Gylfi in the right condition, we changed the formation to three at the back, but we came here with a plan and the players they stuck to our strategy.

"During the first 60-65 minutes we were the best team on the pitch. We knew, with our strategy, Leicester would have more of the ball but we did well. We blocked the good dynamic they have been showing this season."

He added: "We started the second-half well. They had their moments as well, with top confidence they are playing well and achieving results. But we started the second-half well, Sidibie created some problems for them but unfortunately we didn't take the right decision.

"In one moment, when we lost the one challenge in the middle, they made it 1-1.

"We changed, played 3-5-2, to answer to the change of Brendan did and after we had moments, they had moments too.

"And when it looked like the game was heading for a draw, in one moment we lost one ball when you cannot against teams like this.

"But there is nothing to say about the commitment, the attitude and ambition of my players, they showed that on the pitch. It was a moment for us to show a reaction and they did that. We have to be fair with them and they did everything but when you are in these moments you make the mistakes we did this afternoon, especially with the second goal.

"This moment is a tough moment for our dressing room, it is harsh, but I told them they have to keep their heads up. When you are in these type of moments these mistakes happen but it is up to us to avoid these type of mistakes happening."

Quizzed on his future, Silva said he could not provide any answers but he was planning for the game with Liverpool as normal.

"I am not the right person," he said. "Many, many times I tell you I am not the right person to speak about that. I know what I am doing, I know what is my job and tomorrow will be another day for me to prepare the next training session.

"I am not the right person to answer to you everytime about that situation."