Carlo Ancelotti has lambasted his Everton defence as "terrible" after a 3-2 loss to Arsenal.

The loss had taken 11 league points from the last available 15 prior to Sunday's defeat.

"There was a good performance in front. We were good coming from the back, we had some good chances," said the Italian.

"Defensively, we were terrible. We have to improve. There were three goals we could have avoided. It was too easy for Arsenal to score three goals.

"We had a lot of opportunities at the end of the game to equalise and we did not get it. We are working, we believe in what we are doing. Today was a step down.

"We need to refocus. We need to re-balance. We did one part good but we did one part bad."