Everton manager Sam Allardyce said: "It was a disaster. I think I have a lot of trouble with the players taking onto the pitch what we asked them to do. Consistency has been a worry since that burst when I came in, the fact we can perform at that level against Leicester then dip so low in the first 45 minutes against Arsenal.
"The longer and longer I go on, the players are showing so much inconsistency that I face an uphill battle trying to get them to play at their best week in, week out. It was a pathetic first-half performance."
Sam Allardyce to MOTD: "You set out to block the areas Arsenal like to play in, we had the same gameplan that Swansea had on Tuesday. We studied how Swansea played, how defensively sound they were and how they limited Arsenal to very few chances.
"Swansea only had 30% possession but created chances, but I may as well have been talking in a foreign language. We didn't implement my plans either defensively or offensively and the game was dead and buried.
"It doesn't matter what system I pick, it's aboutplayers playing to their best. You can show them
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Even Koeman admit his mistake and take the blame for certain games but big Sam feels he’s above everyone at the club.
You setup a team with no passing ability and expect them to do well against Arsenal? The best way to play against Arsenal for the past 5 years is to hurt them before they break you down but you choose a team of timid footballer who cannot string 10 passes or create anything decent and let Arsenal launch waves after waves of Attack. Fat utter weapon.