“We deserved better and played for a better result”, Mourinho said after the game.
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Steven Naismith’s hat-trick for Everton condemned Chelsea to their third defeat in five games while City avoided dropping their first points of the season when teenage substitute Kelechi Iheanacho struck the victor at Selhurst Park.
This was Chelsea’s second defeat of the season, leaving them in 17th place.
Chelsea’s tally of just four points from a possible 15 means they have made their worst start to a top-flight campaign since 1986.
The result was in stark contrast to the corresponding fixture last season when the Blues ran out 6-3 victors on Merseyside, and Martinez was pleased with how his players coped against Jose Mourinho’s side this time around.
“Roberto, next time tell me go before you because we have to travel”.
“We had to wait for the home manager to go first and all the players are on the bus, so we are going to be quick”.
“We need to win a couple of consecutive matches”.
Ivanovic said: “The next game is very important for us”.
“Not at all, I’ve been in the game long enough to understand that’s what happens in football”, he said to the BBC when asked if his regard for Mourinho had been affected. “For this reason I am sure he is going to be fighting to the end for all the trophies”.
Next up for Chelsea is a game against Arsenal, who comfortably beat Stoke on Saturday.
‘I am with the players, I can not be against them, I can not have a bad feeling with them, that’s what makes me happy.
“I don’t blame my players and I don’t blame myself”.
In Sunday’s early match, Ryan Mason scored a late victor and was then carried off on a stretcher as Tottenham Hotspur celebrated their first Premier League victory of the season with a 1-0 win at Sunderland.
The Blues boss was upset Martinez had broken managerial etiquette and kept Mourinho and his squad waiting.
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Everton boss Roberto Martinez joked he preferred Jose Mourinho “when he was a nice man” after the Chelsea manager swore at him on Saturday.
