Manager Marco Silva said his Everton side were “too anxious” and “too nervous” as they slumped to a fourth loss in five Premier League games with defeat against Leicester.
Jamie Vardy scored the only goal of an error-strewn encounter during which the Toffees rarely roused their supporters inside Goodison Park.
“It was a strange afternoon for us,” Silva said. “It was a disappointing result and not a good performance.
“We wanted to give good feelings to our fans and we didn’t achieve that.
“This afternoon, even the simple pass went two metres wrong. When you do that it is impossible to get the creativity and the mobility to create chances to score.
“We didn’t create much in the first half. But every time we won the ball in the good positions it wasn’t good enough. A lot of easy mistakes and missing easy passes.”
Vardy’s 58th-minute goal was one of the few highlights of a turgid affair.
Full-back Ricardo Pereira capitalised on defender Michael Keane’s error to play in the England striker, who finished with an angled drive past Jordan Pickford.
Everton were not much of a force in attack, with Jonjoe Kenny’s first-half shot off the bar the closest they came to scoring.
The Toffees, who have now not won in their past four home games, remain 10th in the table, while Leicester move above Wolves into seventh place.