Scotland head coach Sebastien Pocognoli has insisted his winless start in the job will not affect him, and that he is not worried about the team's lack of goals.
Pocognoli's first match in charge ended in a 0-0 draw with Slovenia at the weekend. His second, his home debut at Hampden, saw Scotland lose 3-0 to Switzerland after Jack Hendry was sent off early on.
No fear over winless start or goalless run
The defeat on Tuesday night meant Scotland have now gone four matches without scoring for the first time since 1971. But the Belgian manager is convinced they will improve and says he will not be deterred in what he is trying to achieve.
Pocognoli said: "I don't know why I would be affected. We had a good feeling after Slovenia and a good feeling at the start of the Switzerland game. We just need to stay calm and not overthink things, especially the players."
He added: "We have to go to Macedonia and start from zero again. Is the result or performance more important? Both. Both. I think we need to win to step up the rankings but it's a tough place to go. If we can combine the performance and result I'll be happy."
Strikers urged to end drought
Regarding the lack of goals, which stretches back to the World Cup this summer under Steve Clarke, Pocognoli said: "I try to take a step back from that because it was building from the past.
"We created a lot of chances against Slovenia and I saw some good things. Against Switzerland, we didn't have that one good moment. I hope it can give a taste to the strikers to end this (run). But it's not an objective for us to fight against the stat. We have to take some distance from it."
Focus on North Macedonia trip
Pocognoli wants his players to forget their Hampden disappointment and focus on a 90-minute performance without any drama in Saturday's Nations League tie against North Macedonia in Skopje.
He said: "It was really easy for me after the game to lift the players. I just said, 'Guys, everybody was really excited to come and watch something. It didn't happen. Let's try to go again and have a good game for 90 minutes without any rollercoaster situation'.
"I told them they had the right attitude. Regarding Jack's red card, we have to deal with it collectively. It is part of the process unfortunately. And it is one moment that I hope can make us stronger in future.
"The good thing is we have a game on Saturday and next week we can go to Hampden again. Hopefully we will have a better feeling than we did on Tuesday night."
