Rodney McAree has challenged his Glentoran side to "put the wrongs right" from their defeat against Larne when they face Linfield in a crucial clash on Wednesday evening.
McAree was left frustrated by a lacklustre performance at Inver Park as the Glens went down 2-0.
The Oval boss pulled no punches as the defeat put a dent in Glentoran's hopes of securing an automatic European qualification spot.
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But McAree is hoping for a response from his charges when they travel to their Big Two rivals tonight.
"I accept responsibility because I'm the manager," he said.
"You put them out onto the pitch and a team is supposed to mirror their manager, but unfortunately on Friday night that team didn't reflect me in terms of the hunger and passion I have in terms of trying to win something or achieve something.
"Before we came into Friday night's match we were four points off second, so there was still an opportunity to finish there.
"Maybe the results elsewhere have gone in our favour slightly, but we can't be looking at other people's results and seeing how they did.
"We have to look after ourselves and do more. We didn't deserve anything against Larne, and if we're going to get anything or do anything we have to do more.
"If we go to Linfield and show the same levels of hunger and desire which we did against Larne it will be a long night and a difficult one for us.
"It's another Big Two derby, we know we're capable of beating Linfield, we have done it on a couple of occasions this season already.
"We have to put a team on the pitch which is going to work extremely hard and stand up to the fight.
"Against Larne we didn't win a tackle, we didn't win a header and we didn't clear our box. We did all the basic things very poorly.
"We all have to show a response, everyone in the changing room collectively has to do more if we are going to achieve something on Wednesday night.
"It's a challenge and one we'll be up for, we'll relish it and try to put the wrongs right."
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