Roberto Martinez has defended the Premier League's referees in the wake of a verbal attack by Swansea boss Garry Monk.
The Everton manager described Mike Riley -- head of the Professional Game Match Officials Board, which manages professional referees in England -- as a "real professional."
Monk will meet Riley on Friday -- a day before the Swans visit Goodison Park -- to discuss what he feels are a series of poor decisions against his side.
The Swansea boss escaped an FA charge for describing a penalty given by Michael Oliver against his side during a 2-1 Premier League defeat at Stoke on Oct. 19. as "absolutely disgusting."
And he argued that Keith Stroud was wrong to send off defender Federico Fernandez for a challenge on Philippe Coutinho towards the end of a Capital One Cup tie at Liverpool on Tuesday, which Swansea also lost 2-1.
But Martinez -- who previously managed the Swans before joining Wigan -- told his prematch news conference on Thursday: "We are quite fortunate with the refereeing standards in our league. We shouldn't lose sight of that.
"I look at other referees around the world, and they would love to have the standards that we have here, the freedom of speech, of being able to put across your opinions.
"The level of our refereeing system here is very strong. In football, you get decisions that go your way, and you get decisions that go against you.
"Sometimes you get two or three decisions that are very harsh, and then you get three or four decisions go your way, and everything goes very quiet.
"It's part of the game. Mike Riley is always there to cope with any sort of enquiries, and I've seen a real professional side to him.
"But football brings that. I've never, ever seen a team who always get bad decisions. And in the same way, I've never seen a team who always get good decisions.
"Yes, there are certain teams who, because they are always on the ball or trying to score goals, get more breaks than others. But in generally, everything levels up over the course of the season."