Chelsea boss Liam Rosenior responds to speculation over his future - as under-fire boss opens up on conversations with owners

Liam Rosenior has said he '100 per cent' feels he has the support of the Chelsea hierarchy despite increasing pressure on his job following a dismal run of form.

The Blues have lost four successive league games and failed to score in that time to leave their Champions League hopes hanging by a thread.

Chelsea are sixth, seven points adrift of fifth-placed Liverpool , raising questions over Rosenior's future after boos greeted the final whistle of Saturday's 1-0 defeat by Manchester United .

But when asked whether he feels the board still back him ahead of Tuesday's trip to Brighton , Rosenior said: '100 per cent.

'They’ve been supportive of me in our daily conversations, the sporting directors involved - they’ve been magnificent in their support of me and the team.

'We’re aligned that we know we need to win games of football now. That doesn’t go against what we’re trying to do, which is to give consistent success to this club long term.'

Liam Rosenior has said he '100 per cent' feels he has the support of the Chelsea hierarchy

The Blues are seven points of Liverpool in fifth place and face a fight to qualify for Europe

Rosenior's side may miss out on Europe altogether given they are just three points clear of Fulham in 12th, yet he remained upbeat when discussing the challenge ahead.

'We’ve made it very difficult for ourselves,' he added of Chelsea's Champions League hopes. 'We have to be honest and realistic with that.

'But what we can’t do is give up. We have to keep fighting. We have to make sure we go to Brighton with similar attributes to what I saw against Manchester United in terms of our energy, intensity and engagement to the game, which was good.

'But we didn’t keep a clean sheet, and we didn’t take advantage of the chances, so we need to be more clinical and ruthless in both boxes.'

Last week, Blues co-owner Behdad Eghbali insisted the club remain behind Rosenior and hinted they would target more experienced players in the summer in a change of tack from their youthful recruitment policy.

When pressed on those comments, Rosenior responded: 'I can assure you we’ve had many conversations from when I joined in January about what this club needs now and in the future for us to be where we want to be.

'Behdad wants consistent trophies and success. That’s what we’ve spoken about in the now and in the summer and how we build. We’re all very aligned and clear in what we need to do, what we want to do and what we have to do to get this club back to where it should be.'

Joao Pedro faces a late fitness test ahead of the Brighton clash, although Enzo Fernandez is fit to feature. Estevao will be absent with the hamstring issue he suffered against United.