The Wolves have lost four and won only one match since Littbarski took over from Steve McClaren last month.

That poor form could force the club's managing director Dieter Hoeness, who kept a low profile after yesterday's defeat, to sack a second coach in the space of just five weeks, although Littbarski says his only complaint about yesterday's match was the fact his side did not score more goals.

"The result is incredibly tough," he said. "The team had great chances, but we were not rewarded.

"Nevertheless, you can see that the team has accepted that it is in a relegation battle and they had a great attitude.

"We have bounced back after the poor game against Leverkusen.

"We played well against a good Nurnberg side, but we just slept in both penalty areas. We should have scored more goals and then we did not pay attention on two set pieces.

"I saw a lot of positives, but we now must analyse the mistakes and try to get the points that we need."

Hoeness left the VW-Arena without a single word to reporters, which seems to be an ominous sign.

According to reports in Germany, veteran coach Hans Meyer could now be brought in to try and rescue the club from relegation, like he did in recent years with Nurnberg and Hertha Berlin.

Hoeness was in charge at Berlin when he appointed Meyer in 2004, and the 68-year-old has forged a reputation for saving clubs from the threat of relegation, which is precisely what Wolfsburg need as they could slip into the bottom two if Stuttgart, their next opponents, beat St Pauli today.