Thursday 21 April 2016 08:53, UK
Roberto Martinez admitted he was embarrassed by Everton's "horrible showing" as they went down 4-0 at Liverpool.
The scoreline barely reflected the pattern of the game as Liverpool had 41 shots to their rivals' three and scored twice either side of Ramiro Funes Mori's red card for a foul on Divock Origi.
Origi and Mamadou Sakho netted headers in the two minutes before half-time, and there were further goals for Daniel Sturridge and Philippe Coutinho.
Martinez is yet to win a derby, and the manner of the defeat will do nothing to appease his critics among the Everton support ahead of Saturday's FA Cup semi-final against Manchester United.
The Spaniard made no attempt to sugar-coat the evening's events afterwards, telling Sky Sports: "It was a horrible, horrible showing.
"It started with the best intentions but then very close to half-time (there was) an inability to do the basics right and do the things you have to do in any performance."
Martinez was forced to replace Gareth Barry at the break and later lost John Stones to illness moments after the defender's poor pass had contributed to Liverpool's third goal.
"Gareth Barry picking up an injury at half-time, John Stones feeling ill and having stomach cramps. The whole thing is one after the other, a chain reaction of a disastrous group of actions that made it an impossible experience," Martinez said.
And on Funes Mori's dismissal, which led to Origi leaving the field on a stretcher, he said: "It's a challenge that he should be avoiding. You're getting carried away with the derby.
"Maybe it's the first time Ramiro is involved in this sort of game and he got carried away. I can understand the red card, maybe a yellow card I could understand as well. But top and bottom, we didn't cope with the emotions of the occasion and we didn't control ourselves well enough.
"It's such a huge game for us it doesn't need much motivation. Obviously we're still hurting and we will be hurting for a long, long time but obviously we need to react really, really quickly and prepare for the game on Saturday because it's the only way we can get rid of this feeling.
"It's a feeling of embarrassment. We know we shouldn't put a showing on like this. I know there are sometimes things in football that you can't control, a chain of events that go against you but we brought that onto ourselves."
Martinez is facing a defensive crisis for the semi-final, with Phil Jagielka a doubt, Funes Mori banned and Stones now also a concern.
He said: "Muhamed Besic is someone that can play in that role but to lose John Stones… we'll have to assess him."
On his own future he said: "It's not about my job. All I want is to bring success to Everton and it's about the players wanting to be themselves, coping with the occasion.
"We know we're one step away from the (FA Cup) final and that's the only thing that can bring satisfaction to our fans. That's the only thing we're going to concentrate on."
