Steven Gerrard admits he has fears about keeping his job at Aston Villa.
Villa went down 2-1 to Arsenal at the Emirates on Wednesday, their fourth loss in five Premier League matches this season, and Gerrard knows he is under pressure.
When asked if he has any concerns about his future as manager, Gerrard told BT Sport:Of course I do. I am really honest and critical of myself.
"If I stood here and said I wasn't concerned I think you'd look at me as though I was from a different planet."
On the result, he added:"We worked ever so hard to stay in the game and stay with Arsenal. I think technically they were a level above for 45 minutes. Because of our technical level we kept giving the ball back.
"We improved a lot second half and had some really interesting breakaways. Douglas provides a bit of magic to get us back in the game. Again we concede two goals because we didn't get the detail of our defending right.
"Of course the keeper [Emiliano Martínez] could have done a bit better for us for the second one but he kept us in the game for large parts of it as well. At the moment we a struggling to keep clean sheets and we need to get back to basics."