Villarreal boss Marcelino has insisted that confidence is still high at the Yellow Submarine despite a couple of disappointing results.

The Spanish outfit recently went on a 18-game unbeaten run in all competitions, but have lost twice to Barcelona and once to Rayo Vallecano this month.

Marcelino, however, has claimed that he still has full confidence in his team ahead of Thursday's Europa League last-32 first leg against Red Bull Salzburg.

"Going from being an extraordinary team to the dip of losing two games hasn't gone through my mind," Inside Spanish Football quotes the Villarreal boss as saying.

"We lost against Barcelona and against Rayo, which can happen. In Vallecas we didn't have a good day, but I haven't noticed us being any worse for morale than we were ahead of the game against Barcelona."

The second leg of their last-32 clash will take place next week.