Valencia coach Ruben Baraja admits his players were floored after defeat at home to Sevilla.

Sevilla won 2-0 via goals from Loic Bade and Suso as Valencia remained inside the bottom three.

Baraja later said: “We are in a complicated situation. We have always accepted that. Today is a very hard day because of the result and because of the feeling that when you are in negative dynamic things like today happen to you -and also there have been decisive, influential actions that did not give us the possibility of being close to being in the game. There have been two very clear actions that have been definitive for the game and that had an influence.

“Despite the blow we received today, the team performed well at home and the fans helped us. We have to think about picking ourselves up. You can never give up, that's my way of thinking, it's what I've experienced here.

“We have 9 games ahead of us and we need that victory to give us encouragement. What we will do this week is work to get those three points that bring us that joy, because the team work and try to win -we just aren't managing to get the victory.

"We have to hold on to the identity of the club. This club never give up, and we aren't ging to give up now. We are not going to allow anyone to let themselves go. It is a tough defeat. The team had a chance at 0-0 , It was open and suddenly there were circumstances that harmed us again. These are things that aren't going our way. There is a long way to go, but we are one victory away from being able to continue in the fight. We have to accept the situation."

Baraja added: "There are many readings of the game. The players worked hard, they have attitude and they want to win, but we had chances and didn't have success. This means the matches remain open. You need everything to go your way. We want to change the dynamics and we will look for wins through hard work."