Tottenham boss Andre Villas-Boas said he would not quit after a 5-0 thrashing by Liverpool, his side's worst home defeat in 16 years.
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Spurs have won just one of their past six home league games, and were beaten 6-0 at Manchester City last month.
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Asked if his job was safe, Villas-Boas said: "That decision is not mine.
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"I won't resign and I'm not a quitter. The only thing I can do is work hard with the players to try and get the results that we all want."
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Villas-Boas, who spent about £105m on new players in the summer but saw Gareth Bale depart for Real Madrid, has guided his team to the League Cup quarter-finals and last 32 of the Europa League.
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But he "accepted responsibility" for their latest defeat, in which Spurs failed to register a shot on target against an impressive Liverpool team who went second in the Premier League.
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Tottenham, who had Paulinho sent off in the second half for a high tackle on Luis Suarez, remain seventh, five points behind fourth-placed Manchester City.
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Villas-Boas added: "This is a top- four squad but in our Premier League form we are not there.
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It's not the points tally that's the problem, it's the expression of the results.
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"It's the second expressive scoreline that we've suffered in the season, and we admit that in the Premier League things aren't going in any shape or form the way we want.
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"All of us had high expectations for this season, we still have them. Again I repeat that we are not far off, but the distance is increasing for those Champions League spots.
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"And because of the expressive result it makes it even more difficult for us to bounce back."
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After City thumped his side on 24 November, the Spurs boss said: "We need to be ashamed of ourselves."
I heard he's been sacked now so he can take this I'm not a quitter quote elsewhere. possibly West Brom