Martinez's
sixth-placed side were left to dwell on a third straight away defeat in the
Premier League when Chelsea struck at the death on Saturday.
A Frank
Lampard set-piece from the left found its way into the net via a touch off home
captain John Terry, who applied pressure to Everton goalkeeper Tim Howard and
was ultimately credited with the goal.
However,
Martinez felt the free-kick from which Chelsea scored should never have been
awarded, believing referee Lee Probert was placed in a difficult position when
Ramires tumbled under a challenge from Phil Jagielka.
Acknowledging
Chelsea's stunning unbeaten home league run under Mourinho, which now stands at
74 games, Martinez pointed to the London club's ability to win free-kicks in
key positions but stopped short of condemning what he described as
"incredible know-how".
"Ramires
looks for the contact and, if you watch the replay, it’s not a free-kick at
all," said the Spaniard.
"But
that happened with other incidents, four or five before that, and I don’t blame
the referee at all. It's impossible to get the correct calls because you need a
magic ball.
"I
think you saw today why Chelsea are 73, 74 games unbeaten at home. I think it's
an incredible know-how, using every single trick in the book to try to get
advantageous positions.
"That
happens everywhere. Just look at the record that Chelsea has at home (and) they
must be more than playing well every week."
Everton
delivered an impressive display in defeat and Martinez was understandably
frustrated by their lack of reward.
"The
scoreline is what matters in the short-term and we are hurt, we're not going to
hide it, but the performance is exactly what we needed," he added.
"We need to make sure that
when we deserve to get a positive result, we do that. But I'm excited about
what's ahead of us. I thought we were magnificent.
"Tim
Howard had a period of 5-10 minutes that he was at his best (in the second
half) but from that point on I couldn't see Chelsea scoring from open
play."
Chelsea just won this game with
1-0… and this is cause frusfrated from his coach.
