Norwich City boss Daniel Farke says he is not ready to "bury his team alive" after a terrible start to the new Premier League campaign.

The recently promoted Canaries may be set to go straight back down, after losing five of their first five league matches.

They are bottom of the table, and face Liverpool at home in a Carabao Cup clash in midweek.

Norwich have played Manchester City, Liverpool, Leicester City, and Arsenal in the Premier League already.

"Let's be honest, the first game that really mattered was our home game against Watford," Farke said, per Sky Sports.

"Yes, we lost this game and of course this was a setback and we are at the moment if we're really honest three points behind our plan - that's not great.

"We're not overly happy with it but it also doesn't mean that we are relegated - so you always want to stay balanced, be self-critical and to be honest and we analyse this and we definitely have to focus, especially our defending of our own goal because we've conceded too many goals so far.

"It's also important that at this moment I don't punish my players too much, and I'm backing them, and then also to be critical and speak about what we have to improve.

"I think it's important to be always honest but also not to bury them alive and it's important to stay positive."