West Ham United boss Gianfranco Zola insists the buck stops with him.
Zola's assistant manager Steve Clarke, speaking after the Hammers' latest defeat - 3-1 defeat Bolton - had said that "if anybody wants to blame somebody, they have to blame me".
"Steve doesn't have to take responsibility," said the Sardinian, who succeeded Alan Curbishley as West Ham's manager almost 15 months ago.
"I understand what he was trying to do but I am the manager. Everything which happens here is my responsibility and I have to take it.
"I am sorry I didn't talk to the press after the Bolton game but we thought a change would have been good because I had spoken after the Birmingham match only three days earlier.
"Nobody has to be blamed for this situation other than me. The players are doing what they've been asked to do and I have no criticism of them.
"It is a tough moment and certainly circumstances haven't been with us but I repeat it is my responsibility."