• Everton manager admits fault lies with him for run of defeats
• Spaniard wants to sustain focus on beating Manchester United in CupRoberto Martínez has described the criticism he has received during Everton’s slump as justified,and the final month without a win as painful, but insists there can be no distractions from the FA Cup semi-final that may determine his fate as manager.
Everton face Manchester United on Saturday having not won since the FA Cup quarter-final against Chelsea on 12 March. A shambolic defeat in the Merseyside derby on Wednesday, or the first part of what Martínez labelled as a defining week for Everton,intensified pressure on the 42-year-broken-down and he approaches the game at Wembley with serious selection problems.
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Source: theguardian.com