Unai Emery felt Aston Villa could have taken more from Sunday’s trip to Everton in the Premier League.
The head coach watched his side impose themselves against the Toffees at Goodison Park, dominating possession and enjoying more shots.
But they failed to find a way through in Merseyside, leaving Emery to rue what might have been.
“I’m a little disappointed because we played like we prepared for the match and practiced beforehand,” he said.
“We were controlling the game, more or less, for 90 minutes like we were demanding before. It was not easy to do it, playing away at Everton with how they are pushing with their supporters.
“We played like we wanted but one point is not enough. We created chances to score one goal and win the match. We didn’t concede too many clear chances to them, only at the end of the first half when Emi saved us.
“We were playing feeling comfortable and feeling confident with our structure, offensively and defensively.”
Ahead of the match, the Spaniard said his side would have to stand up to the physical challenge presented by Everton, and they didn’t give an inch.
Villa now have two weeks to recover and reset ahead of the rest of the campaign, with Emery believing that his team are in a good place.
Emery said: “We adapted to them, respecting the opponent, and we were defending holding our line well and trying to work on their long balls and second actions.
“Also when they were playing in combinations, we were showing passion to recover the ball.
“We tried to impose ourselves when we had the ball and to play with personality and try to beat them.”
He added: “Overall, I have to accept the point today and I have to try to be positive.
“Forty-three points on day 21 is good and of course we are going to be ambitious in our next matches. Now we’re going to rest a bit and recover our full energy.”
