By Piers Edwards BBC Sport, Dakar

Antoine Hey says he may step down as coach of Liberia

Liberia coach Antoine Hey has revealed he may be stepping down from his post after just four months.

The Lone Star's hopes of reaching the next round of the 2010 World Cup and Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers are all but over after taking two points from four games.

"We will try everything in our remaining matches - The Gambia away and Algeria at home - but so far we have not done enough to stay in the competition," the German told BBC Sport.

"When you have two points from four matches, it's quite sure that you will not be taking part in the next qualifying round."

After the group's last tie in October, Liberia will not play a qualifying match for nearly two years - something that appears to have dulled Hey's enthusiasm for a job he only assumed in March.

"I am coaching my third national team now, after Lesotho and The Gambia, and I would like to go back to club football," the former Birmingham City midfielder explained.

"We will make our decisions in the next couple of weeks: of course we either have to work out a road map for the next weeks, months and years - or someone else should fill in this position.

"This is something we shall discuss.

"I'm disappointed with the result but not our performance," he said after Saturday's game.

"Senegal scored from two set-pieces and if that's all they can do with this experience, I would be disappointed if I were their coach.

"Last time Liberia lost 6-1 here, this time it was 3-1 so we've showed we can play football."

However, Liberia lie six points adrift of Group 6 leaders Senegal with just two games left in September and October.

"I would like to go back to Europe or the Middle East; I've been in Africa for the last five years, and that's enough for this moment in time," said Hey.