Argyle struggling to handle relegation pressure - Muslic
Miron Muslic has seen his side score just two goals in their last five Championship matches
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Plymouth Argyle head coach Miron Muslic says his players are struggling to handle the pressure of their relegation fight.
The Pilgrims put in a second poor performance in as many games as they were comfortably beaten 3-0 at home by Sheffield Wednesday, having lost 2-0 at relegation rivals Hull City on Tuesday.
The losses - which came after an impressive run of form that saw Argyle beat Liverpool in the FA Cup and run Manchester City close last week - put Muslic's side six points from safety at the bottom of the Championship.
"We simply could not could not deal with the pressure and that's the reality," he told BBC Radio Devon.
"But from this point we also have to move on because our task is tough and my task as head coach is always to protect this team.
"I protected them just one-and-a-half months ago against after a very difficult moment for us - Burnley - and we found the right ingredients and the right approach to turn this for us.
"I think we are in a very similar situation right now and we want to try to do the same again to support, to protect, so we can take a little bit of this pressure away from the lads and we can move on."
'A lot of people left, and I cannot blame them'
Sheffield Wednesday's win means Argyle are six points from safety with 10 games to play
Muslic hopes that his side can perform a similar turnaround to that seen after they lost 5-0 at home to Burnley in January.
They then went on a seven-game run that saw them beaten only once and defeat Liverpool and West Bromwich Albion, and record a 5-1 victory over Millwall.
He says the club's fans - some of whom left early in the loss to Sheffield Wednesday - have to help his side get back to that sort of form.
"I felt today the Green Army turned their back on us," he said.
"A lot of people left the stadium, and I cannot blame them. It's up to us to make them come, to make them stay and to make them support.
"I think this is something that we have to come together again, and I know those kind of nights are very difficult, but it's part of this beautiful game.
"Pressure is part of it and we have to face this, not hide, face this, and we have to get up again and try again.
"We as staff will try everything possible to protect the team and to give them a chance to try again."