The 53-year-old manager's side are on their first run of form since he took over in 2016 and while he largely blames their spate of injuries for their recent five straight defeats, he insisted it will just take one result for their fortunes to turn.

Speaking at a press conference, he said: "What should I change? What should I change? If I had changed in my first season when I was asked to change we would not have won six Premier Leagues in seven years.

"Now I'm not going to change. We are big believers in the process and the fundamentals we have to do. Injured players have to come back to their best form, players who have played a lot of minutes because of the injuries need rest, one good result can change our mind."

Pep insisted his side are "unusual" in being so successful in recent years and stressed "nothing is eternal".

He continued: "When we were winning a lot I was thinking this too shall pass and right now this too shall pass. Nothing is eternal. It is unusual basically because this team won a lot during many years. In this situation, we have to go more direct to our principles, change less than ever to give certainty to the players."

The manager believes they'd be as "strong" as ever if he had a full squad to chose from.

He said: "But there are departments where we are not strong enough and that's why when we lose transitions or don't win duels and they are stronger than us and we have to run backwards because our four central defenders are not there.

"They are still not ready because they were injured. Our main player for transitions, Rodri is not there. We cannot survive because with four central defenders I put Manu or John there, with Ruben, Nathan and Josko behind. We would be strong but we don't have it.

"I have to play with Gundo, who is an attacking midfielder and our best guy for arriving into the box but I have to play him as a holding midfielder because the other holding midfielder - [Mateo] Kova[cic] is injured. And it has to be alongside Rico to give us a lot of passes and we have to adapt.

"It's not because they are soft or they don't want it or they are lazy...

"One day we're going to win a game and our mind will be clear. I hope Tuesday, if not Sunday. The desire is there and we are going to try."