Under-pressure Blackburn boss Paul Ince says his side's display in the 3-1 loss to Liverpool shows that the players are fully behind him as manager.
The result condemned Rovers to their fifth straight league defeat and leaves them second from bottom in the table.
"People can question whether the players are playing for their manager but you have seen that today in abundance," Ince told BBC Sport.
"If we can perform like that week in week out then we will be fine."
Ince was only appointed five months ago but has come under pressure following a poor run of form that has left his side languishing in the relegation zone.
He asked for patience after his side's Carling Cup defeat by Manchester United during the week but Saturday's result against Liverpool will increase the speculation surrounding Ince's future.
"People have their own opinions but the only one that matters to me is what my players and my chairman think," added Ince.
"People are always going to have opinions when things are not going as well as they should but today we matched a team that's going for the Premiership for 70 minutes.
"The performance in general was absolutely excellent. At the moment there is a lot of positivity and the bottom line is that the players have been fantastic.
"We have not won the game but at least the players can walk a bit taller knowing that they put in a great performance against a very good team.
"You are going to go through your rough patches but they make you a better manager and it makes you a tougher person."
And Ince was full of praise for the support the Blackburn fans gave the players at Ewood Park.
"At a time like this where certain people are trying to get you out of a job we have all come together as a club," he said.
"The fans were different class. The crowd were clapping the players off because they know they have put in a performance that says we are better than where we are.
"I would like to thank the fans for that.
"It's easy to go the other way. I asked the fans to support us and stick together and they have certainly done that."
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