Roberto Martinez urges Everton to 'achieve something special' after West Ham defeat
Thursday 10 March 2016 12:27, UK
Everton manager Roberto Martinez is hoping his players will use the pain of their defeat against West Ham to galvanise them ahead of Saturday's FA Cup quarter-final.
Martinez's side are preparing to face Chelsea on Saturday. It will be their first game since last weekend's loss at Goodison, which saw the Hammers score three times inside the last 15 minutes to win 3-2.
Everton have now lost seven Premier League games at home this season but Martinez believes playing there will be an advantage against Guus Hiddink's side.
"After what we had to go through this week, this is the type of game that we want to use to our advantage," he said.
"We look forward to these games. This is the type of game we want to be involved in. It is the quarter-final of the FA Cup and we have the advantage to play at Goodison Park.
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"That's what we want - those are the games that we could achieve something really, really special. I feel we need to take all the pain and experiences we've had throughout the season and now get our reward."
Martinez also confirmed that left-back Bryan Oviedo was taken to hospital on Wednesday with a chest infection, but revealed he could still feature against Chelsea.
"He has reacted really well and we hope he will be back with us tomorrow," he said. "We hope he's going to have a speedy recovery after the chest infection.
"We had similar with Tom Cleverley and he missed the Aston Villa game, but Gareth Barry had similar and he played a little bit of a part in the next game. Every player is different depending on how serious and how much that infection affects you, so it is too early to tell really."