Nigel de Jong says Mark Hughes has the total backing of the players – if not the full support of the Manchester City faithful.
The City boss copped some stick from some sections of the home crowd after their seventh league draw in succession at home to Hull on Saturday.
With Jose Mourinho recently hinting he may return to England in the near future, the City boss has seen his position called into question.
"We have to sort it out," De Jong told the Manchester Evening News. "We are frustrated at the way we played, and the way we have played in the last couple of weeks at home.
"We have to dominate teams here, and that didn't happen. We need to pick ourselves up and look forward to the game against Arsenal (in the Carling Cup)."
Despite the poor run of results City are still just three points off fourth spot but De Jong can’t explain an historic run of stalemates.
"I would love to give you a reason - if I could give you the reason, we would win all our games," the midfielder added. "Maybe there is a lack of confidence in some situations. We try to keep confidence high, especially when we play at home.
"We are frustrated but have to continue to build for the future, and these kinds of games are always hard to play.
"There are a few factors, but we have to give more in every line of our game - midfield, defence and attack. It's a team thing and we have to work harder and harder to get where we want to be.
"It was disappointing to play at home again and to concede in the 80th minute. It was also the seventh draw, so we don't get any closer to the top four. Now it is up to us to take it on the chin and come out fighting on Wednesday."
