Jurgen Klopp has seen his Borussia Dortmund side slip to the very bottom of the Bundesliga this week but is adamant that he will not walk away from the challenge by resigning.
"There is no chance I will resign. I am convinced of our mission in the second half of the season," he told the media this week.
"My battery is completely full after the winter break and is not empty after just two games," Klopp continued.
Dortmund were twice German champions under Klopp's rule in 2011 and 2012 and were the toast of Europe after destroying Real Madrid en-route to the Champions League final in 2013. However, they now find themselves in a relegation battle despite a squad full of stars like Marco Reus, Mats Hummels and Shinji Kagawa.
The charismatic boss hasn't seen his team win since early December and most recently watched on as 10-man Augsburg left the Westfalenstadion with three points on Wednesday night.
It was after that defeat that Hummels and goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller were seen trying to calm angry fans, with Weidenfeller even climbing the perimeter fence so he could better address the passionate supporters.
Klopp himself is sure of what he and the players need to do moving forward to pull clear of the relegation zone and avoid what would be an embarrassing and shocking fate.
"We need to build on the good. We just have to be more brave in all the right moments than we were (on Wednesday). If we want to shoot. If the shot looks like a cross then we have obviously done something wrong."
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