Sacked West Ham boss Slaven Bilic has rubbished claims from the boardroom he was a "broken man".
Bilic is adamant he was as enthusiastic as ever.
"One person says it, other people follow and they put up a picture to go with the story," he told the Daily Mail. "I'm an expressive person. If you saw me after Wilfried Zaha had scored for Palace against us after 97 minutes, I look a broken man.
"But for 96 minutes, I was as lively as ever. I knew what was coming after we lost the next game 4-1 to Liverpool, but I wasn't wishing for it.
"You can't achieve what I have without an inner strength. I had to fight for everything to come from a small country and become a recognised player in the Premier League — and then do the same as a manager.
"Without special belief, you wouldn't go that far. That hasn't changed. OK, I felt bad in front of the cameras when we lost to Liverpool, but I was exactly the same when we'd been beaten 3-0 at Newcastle.
"Some managers are better at pretending. Maybe it is better for my job to not say what happened on the pitch. But at the end of the day you can't be something you're not. If we were s***, I would say. And I always took responsibility."'
Source: tribalfootball.com