Martinez: No-one to blame for Everton's struggles

The Toffees have won just three of their last 13 games in the top flight, a poor run of form, which has left them 14th in the table.

Martinez had an impressive first season, and set the standards high with Everton just missing out on Champions League qualification, but it's all gone downhill since. Last season he could only take them to an 11th place finish, and this season seems to be heading for an even worse result.

Ahead of their game against relegation threatened Crystal Palace on Wednesday, Martinez has spoken out, insisting nobody is to blame. 

"There is no such thing as blame," he said. "The reality is we've been really, really good in certain aspects and really, really poor in others. 

"We haven't been able to manage games well enough, we haven't conserved leads, we've thrown really good positions away and it's been reflected in the score lines. Clearly we need to get better."