Mikel Arteta insists that Everton players remain committed to the club's cause, despite the team being yet to register their first Premier League victory of the season.
The Toffees managed to carve out a goalless draw with Fulham last time out, which was their first clean sheet this season. And while the Spaniard remains happy to have not conceded a goal, he believes that the Merseysiders should have taken all three points on that occasion.
"You try to do everything you can to get better," Arteta told the Liverpool Echo. "Every single detail at the moment is really important, so that's what we're working on.
"It's very frustrating to see yourself in that situation and I don't believe that we deserve to be where we are at the moment, but that's football sometimes, so we need to keep doing things right, and keep improving on what we've been doing really well.
"We were disappointed after the Fulham game; I think we should have won the game. We controlled it really well, and we kept a clean [sheet] which was the first time this season, so hopefully we can build from there and get the three points on Saturday.
"Birmingham are really organised, they work really hard to get that, and it's a tough ground to get the three points - but it's not going to be an easy game for them as well.
"We know we need to kill the mistakes at the moment and we need to get better in both boxes.
"Everybody is really committed. All the players are really aware of the situation and we want to put that right straight away. So I think the commitment is there.
"It is really important that we win before the international break and we've got the derby coming up later on, so it's a massive game for us.
"We don't want to go into that without enough points and it can be different winning on Saturday or losing it, so it shows how massive this game is going to be."
The Toffees managed to carve out a goalless draw with Fulham last time out, which was their first clean sheet this season. And while the Spaniard remains happy to have not conceded a goal, he believes that the Merseysiders should have taken all three points on that occasion.
"You try to do everything you can to get better," Arteta told the Liverpool Echo. "Every single detail at the moment is really important, so that's what we're working on.
"It's very frustrating to see yourself in that situation and I don't believe that we deserve to be where we are at the moment, but that's football sometimes, so we need to keep doing things right, and keep improving on what we've been doing really well.
"We were disappointed after the Fulham game; I think we should have won the game. We controlled it really well, and we kept a clean [sheet] which was the first time this season, so hopefully we can build from there and get the three points on Saturday.
"Birmingham are really organised, they work really hard to get that, and it's a tough ground to get the three points - but it's not going to be an easy game for them as well.
"We know we need to kill the mistakes at the moment and we need to get better in both boxes.
"Everybody is really committed. All the players are really aware of the situation and we want to put that right straight away. So I think the commitment is there.
"It is really important that we win before the international break and we've got the derby coming up later on, so it's a massive game for us.
"We don't want to go into that without enough points and it can be different winning on Saturday or losing it, so it shows how massive this game is going to be."
Everyone At Everton Remains Committed To The Cause - Mikel Arteta
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