Saturday 20 December 2014 19:56, UK
Roberto Martinez could not hide his frustration after watching his inconsistent Everton side produce an insipid performance on the south coast in the 3-0 defeat at Southampton.
The Toffees were second-best through much of the game and remain 10th in the Premier League after failing to build on Monday's impressive 3-1 win over QPR.
"It is a setback," said Martinez. "Obviously, we had a very good result on Monday.
"As you can imagine, we wanted to follow that through. I don't think we've been involved in a good run of results like we did last season and that is what we are chasing.
"Clearly, it is a real setback. I thought Southampton had been in a very unfortunate run and I don't think they deserved to lose all the games that they did, but today they had all things going their way.
"That is football. From our point of view, we just need to get ready for the game against Stoke at home and make sure we get a good run of results now."
