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Marco Silva has blasted his Everton players for making things ‘easy’ for Wolverhampton Wanderers .

A devastating performance saw Ruben Neves (pen), Raul Jimenez and Leander Dendoncker see off one of Wolves’ main rivals for seventh spot.

Andre Gomes levelled for Everton in the first half with an excellent strike but Nuno Espirito Santo got the better of his compatriot at Goodison Park.

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And Silva was left cursing his team’s failure to learn their lessons at the final whistle.

He said: “When you lose a game like we lost this afternoon, playing at home and giving some easy things for our opponent, of course it’s tough.

“You know I’m the first one to say if our opponents do something really special and are playing better than us, I’m the first one to be fair with them and give them congratulations.

“But I see us giving everything too easily. From the first moment they could score coming from nowhere. It’s really tough for me.

“They scored a penalty and we must do something completely different in that moment. I do not know if it was a penalty or not.

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“We had a chance after we scored a good goal with Andre. But, again, after 44, 45 minutes of the first half, something we planned for with Jimenez attacking the ball, we didn’t even put even 50 per cent into that moment.

“I can see Jimenez challenge for that ball and he was completely alone in that moment. It’s something that’s not part of our plan and not like we wanted to do.

“More or less the same second half. We knew we would have to be patient and balanced because they are good on the counter-attack. It’s something they prepared to do.

“Again, with the ball in our possession we gave it away and they scored the third goal. This is something we are doing many, many times and something we have to realise.”

While Silva was left cursing his luck, Wolves boss Nuno was happy with his - even if he thought the Goodison Park pitch invader might have spelled trouble.

A black cat entered the field in the second half and evaded stewards for five minutes or so before running out of the ground.

“In Portugal seeing a black cat is a bad sign, it’s bad luck,” Nuno said. “But they tell me if it crosses from left to right it’s good luck. But I don’t like black cats!”