Everton boss Roberto Martinez admits they failed to catch fire in their 0-0 draw with Swansea City.
Martinez conceded the game was a flat occasion and even joked that it might have helped had his side conceded the penalty.
He said: "I haven't seen it but maybe we should have conceded early and opened the game up. For two teams with an incredible footballing philosophy, it was a bit of a bad game from an attacking point of view.
"We had to work really hard to stop Swansea but in terms of the way they were trying to run the clock down, I felt they were clearly very focused on defending well and they did extremely well but it became a frustrating game for us.
"We were just a little bit pedestrian. The way we moved the ball wasn't quick enough. We didn't have our normal tempo in possession and that allowed us to get frustrated.
"I think the red card was against us in terms of allowing Swansea to have a clear role from that point until the end."
