Villarreal midfielder Santi Cazorla insists the players are fully behind coach Ernesto Valverde.
Valverde's first months at Villarreal have been disastrous, with the Yellow Submarine inside the bottom three and struggling to find any winning form.
Cazorla, however, says: "We are down, but there are many circumstances to explain this. We have confidence in the coach and want him to stay with us until the end of the season.
"He is working well and we cannot imagine that if we were to lose to Malaga he will not be our coach."