Carlo Ancelotti branded Everton's players as “lazy” in their defeat to Newcastle United.
The Blues slumped to a 2-0 defeat at Goodison and Ancelotti delivered a brutal assessment of their performance.
Ancelotti said Everton failed to match Newcastle's desire and bemoaned the number of corners and throw-ins conceded, as well as the second balls they failed to win.
“We were lazy, we were slow and we were not focused,” the Everton boss said.
“We gave away 12 corners to them, a lot of throw-ins. We didn't win duels, second balls...this is the game.
“You can only show quality if you are there in this game because the game is about winning duels, second balls, avoiding corners, avoiding throw-ins. We were not on the pitch today.”
Asked what he had said to his player after the final whistle, Ancelotti said: “Exactly the same. There is no secret.”
Earlier in his analysis of the loss, the Italian said: "I think that they won the game because they showed more spirit, more fight on the pitch.
"They showed more concentration, more motivation and these were the weapons we had when we won games. Spirit, motivation, concentration and ambition.
"We forgot all of this today at home, that was the reason. It wasn't tactical or physical reasons. It was a mental reason. The psychological aspect of our performance. I am surprised...we had a good run until now.
"I am happy with what we have done and we don't want to forget why we had a good run – we showed a good spirit on the pitch. Not because of better quality – of, course we had good quality – but we cannot show quality if we don't show spirit.”
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Ancelotti denied he was angry but the display had clearly upset him.
“Angry? No,” he said.
“I am disappointed. I don't want to forget what we did. We had a good run and I hope it will only be a game like this.
"I hope that in the next game, on Wednesday [v Leeds], we are going to show spirit and attitude as we did in the past. We are in a good position in the table for the spirit, not the quality. We can show our quality only if the spirit is there.”
