Aston Villa boss Unai Emery says their fans deserved better after defeat at Manchester City.
Villa lost 3-1 on Sunday with City scoring all their goals before halftime.
Emery later said, "We knew this would be a tough game after three away wins but we were not competitive. They were clinical, but we made mistakes today, three very important goals we could avoid normally.
"In the second we tried to be consistent, forget the score and be competitive and I think we did that in the second half.
"We have to be clinical with the chances we get, but in the first half they were better than us and decided the match. I can only say sorry to our supporters, and we did not play in the way we have been.
"We spoke about being competitive, stopping mistakes and trying to get a goal but it was difficult after going three down to do more in the second half.
"We have to be positive when we are winning, and we have to learn how to respond and although the result was bad we tried to show our mentality in the second half. It was a bad result, but we have to learn and use it in the next matches."