Everton boss Roberto Martinez has stressed there is no point moaning about official's decisions in the wake of Swansea counterpart Gary Monk's recent critical comments. And when asked on Thursday if he thought moaning about referees' decisions got you anywhere, Martinez, whose side host Swansea in the Premier League on Saturday, said: "I think it makes you feel better, but I don't think it gets you anything at all.
"Football is a game of errors, and sometimes you get those errors in your favour or against you, and that is part of the game."
In his comments after the Stoke match, Monk accused Professional Game Match Officials Limited general manager Mike Riley of "poor leadership".
But on his own experience of Riley, Martinez said: "Mike is always there to cope with any sort of enquiries and I've seen a real professional side from him."
The Spaniard - who both played alongside Monk and managed him at Swansea - added: "I've never, ever seen a team that always get bad decisions, or that always gets good ones.
"In general, everything levels up over the course of a season, and we are quite fortunate with our refereeing standards in our leagues - we shouldn't lose sight of that.
"I'm looking at other leagues around the world and they would love to have the standards we have here. I think the level of our refereeing system here is very strong."
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