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Everton boss Ronald Koeman criticised his team for being "passive" after they were beaten 3-2 at Watford on Saturday. Everton led early on at Vicarage Road through Romelu Lukaku but found themselves 3-1 down before Lukaku pulled a late goal back. Koeman told Sky Sports that there were confidence issues with his players, adding: "I think the start was good, we were the dominant team and scored a good goal -- but then the problems started because we didn't do the same and control the game. "We had some bad mistakes and [there was] not good communication. "They have taller players who make things difficult at set plays, but in the end it could have been a draw. "We took the risk and maybe that's the big problem at the moment... if we are down we have a good reaction, but why not earlier in the game? "The team is too passive and it's not proactive -- it's reactive. Maybe they felt afraid at 1-0, but that should give everybody confidence. The reaction was too late. We're not taking the initiative in a game. "I know it's maybe a lack of confidence but if you start a game well and go 1-0 up you need a bigger belief, not going back and defending and being nervous." Everton have a game against Arsenal and the Merseyside derby against Liverpool looming, and Koeman said he was "worried at the moment because we have had a bad run of results." However, he added: "They are good teams -- but we can beat them.''
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