Jurgen Klopp admitted his sympathy towards Borussia Dortmund's suffering fans after Wednesday's defeat by Augsburg.
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The Champions League runners-up from the 2012-13 season are enduring one of the toughest seasons in their recent history, sitting bottom of the Bundesliga with only 16 points from 19 games.
Raul Bobadilla's goal for Augsburg, who were down to 10 men after Christoph Janker was dismissed, meant an 11th defeat of the season for Klopp's side and saw players attempt to placate supporters after the final whistle.
Goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller climbed to the top of the crowd barriers to talk with angry fans and long-serving defender Mats Hummels also spoke with a group of supporters, saying afterwards that the squad was doing everything it can to get out of their domestic predicament.
Right decisions
Hummels said: "We're always chasing games. What's missing is us taking the lead so that we can then sit back and play on the counter. We're all aware that we've got to fight in the next 15 games.
"Playing attractive football will just be a bonus, yet we are still expected to play that kind of football. We know that 98 per cent will be about fighting, the other two will be about loosening up so that we start making the right decisions in the final third."
But Klopp was more candid about his side's performance, admitting Dortmund are in major need of a confidence boost and something for their fans to cheer.
What's going on at Dortmund?
Klopp said: "The result hurts. But we should not pretend we have nothing to do with it. We could have defended their goal five or six times, and still Bobadilla was left unmarked. And we still fail to make the most of our good chances.
"That’s why there’s little positive to say about today’s game. After the red card we failed to create anything of note. Our best chance came in stoppage time when Ciro was denied with a header.
Lacking confidence
"There’s no doubt that nerves play a part in our situation. We need to bring them under control. We can be accused of anything tonight and it is all justified, but we won’t give up. We keep going. We had some good ideas but they were not enough. We have to be much more clinical in front of goal.
"We were often opting to shoot too early after working ourselves into positions. In other situations we swapped the ball from the good onto the bad foot.
"We lack confidence there, and we have to work on it. We have to give the lads their confidence back. We create chances, and we see improvement, but the result is always the same. I’m very disappointed. We knew it’s not going to be easy. I can understand the fans’ frustrations."