Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers admits he was fearful of the sack at Anfield earlier this season.
The Reds finished last season as runners-up after a superb run of form, but struggled to adapt to the loss of Luis Suarez in the beginning of this season and injury problems to Daniel Sturridge.
Rodgers has since managed to guide his side to another brilliant run of form which was topped by beating reigning champions Manchester City last weekend, however, he has revealed that he was fearful of the sack earlier in the campaign.
“After that Palace game I felt that it doesn’t matter how much support you have, the team is not functioning and it could not go on really,” he told reporters.
“But I certainly wasn’t going to roll over and die. I will always fight for my life. I love it here and I want to be successful here.
“I understood the situation. My experience at Reading told me that. That’s what I learned from my sacking there. I went in to Reading with the full backing of the chairman, who was great to me, and I got 20 games.
“Even though it was a three-year project and I was the guy who knew the club more than anyone, I got the sack after 20 games. Funnily enough it had just started to pick up but they lost their patience.
“What I learned was it does not matter how much support you have in the boardroom, from the directors, the executives, you have to get results and you have to win.”