• Silva’s previous club at Goodison for crunch fourth-round tie• ‘Our goal and our ambition in the competition is clear,’ he saysMarco Silva has said Everton’s Carabao Cup tie against Watford is “not the moment for us to hide”, with the competition a priority for the club this season.
The Everton manager faces his former club on Tuesday in need of further respite at Goodison Park following a demoralising defeat at Brighton in the Premier League. Pressure eased on Silva in the aftermath of a dreadful loss at Burnley thanks to a convincing home win over West Ham but having fallen to a sixth league defeat of the campaign on Saturday, albeit in unfortunate circumstances, he can ill-afford another setback against the division’s bottom-placed club.