Gary Cahill has admitted that the manner in which Everton beat Bolton on Wednesday evening was 'heartbreaking'.

Despite dominating the game for large periods, Bolton were hit by the unkindest of blows when Marouane Fellaini stole all three points for the Merseysiders with a dramatic last-gasp header.

Speaking to Wanderers World in the aftermath of the 1-0 home defeat, Cahill was finding it hard to come to terms with the fact that Bolton took nothing from the encounter.

He acknowledged that one momentary lapse in concentration cost his side dear in what was an overall whole-hearted performance from the Whites.

"The lads are absolutely devastated and we are still thinking how we've lost that game. It's just a terrible feeling because we put the effort in, but nothing fell for us up front and we conceded a sloppy goal to lose the game," explained the 22-year-old.

"We haven't had that break for a bit and Wednesday night obviously summed that up. Our work rate, effort and commitment was first class, but the ball just isn't falling for us.

"As a defender it's a bit heartbreaking because for 90 minutes of the game, the back-four performed excellently. Their two strikers had to be replaced, they brought on fresh strikers and then they didn't get a kick.




"It's one little lapse from us at the back and we've lost the game, but that's Premier League football. It's hard to take and you don't go away from that with any satisfaction whatsoever. Sometimes you'd rather get hit by two or three and play terrible because at least that's easier to take in.

"I'm sure the fans will take positives out of that performance, but it's a results business at the end of the day. You could look at that and say 'I played well' or 'he played well' but we've conceded a sloppy goal and lost the game.

"There's no worse feeling than losing games, especially in that way and I'm sure the fans have gone away thinking exactly the same. It hurts when you lose football matches and the players feel exactly the same. We need to get a win to lift the lads and to lift the fans."

With the next fixture against Manchester City on the horizon, Cahill explained that players can't afford to be downbeat, however he is convinced fortunes will change for the better because of the spirit and resolve within the squad.

He added: "You've got to turn it around and forget about it because you can't go back in the past and change what has happened, but it is easier said than done. It's one of those things you have to put behind you.

"We've got strong characters within this team and it showed last season when we went through a sticky patch and were losing games. We turned it around, starting picking up results and everyone got together and I'm sure that will happen again, but we need it to happen as soon as possible to lift the spirits.

"We'll go about Sunday in the same way we went about Wednesday, there are no two ways about it. Manchester City have good footballers and we'll have to close them down, get in their faces and rough them up like we did against Everton and then hopefully things will start falling for us."

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