Roberto Martinez: What went wrong against Man Utd and how we can correct it before Arsenal

ROBERTO MARTINEZ branded his Everton side’s performance “uncharacteristic” after they lost 3-0 at home to Manchester United today.

19:14, Sat, Oct 17, 2015 | UPDATED: 19:21, Sat, Oct 17, 2015

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Roberto Martinez was unimpressed with Everton's display against Manchester United

First-half goals from Morgan Schneiderlin and Ander Herrera got United on their way before Wayne Rooney secured the victory.

The result keeps United in third place - two points off Premier League leaders Manchester City - while Everton slump to ninth.

"In the first half we hadn't been at our best but the first goal killed us too much.

“Normally we react really well to conceding but we felt quite deflated.

“We became quite negative and lost a lot of tempo, our play became forceful and the way we ended the opening 45 minutes was very uncharacteristic.

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"For 20 minutes in the second half we had more control, and had we scored then it would have changed the game completely, but then we conceded on the break.

“Overall we weren’t anywhere near our best and Manchester United took advantage of that.

“There are things we need to learn from and clearly we need to react really well before our next game against Arsenal."

Arsenal beat Watford in the day’s late kick off to maintain the pressure on City, who thrashed Bournemouth 5-1 at the Etihad.

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