Everton manager Roberto Martinez says that his side need to develop a “nasty streak” if they want to start turning draws into victories.
The Blues have drawn their last three Premier League games after failing to capitalise on chances to win. They let in a late, late equaliser at Bournemouth before failing to beat Crystal Palace at home, despite creating numerous goalscoring opportunities. Then at the weekend, the Blues could have been out of sight in the first half after dominating the game but they failed to get a second goal and Norwich were able to get back into the game.
Speaking to Jon Culley of The Telegraph, the Spaniard said that his players need to develop a stronger mentality to kill games off.
We have got a fantastic team, a team with an incredible attitude and great character, but we need to develop a bit of know-how, something to make sure that is reflected in the scoreline
Martinez also spoke about his team’s tendency to concede from set-pieces and he said that his side needed to start focusing more on their defensive duties if the problem is to be resolved.
Defending at set pieces is a problem. You need to have that nasty streak in your own box when sometimes we are still thinking about trying to score the next goal and being creative on the ball.
That is what is going to make us a winning team, no two ways about it, but within a game there are certain moments when you need to be ruthless and have a nasty streak in order to keep a clean sheet.
That is an area at the moment in which we are getting heavily punished. The talent is there but we have to learn from this and make sure we come through stronger, with a better understanding of how to manage games.
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