The Premier League side were beaten yet again in the top flight, going down 2-1 to West Ham United.
While they remain in the bottom three, O’Neil is hoping to hang onto his job in the coming days.
Post-game, he told the BBC: “We were OK, we were solid, probably had the better chances and a lot of decisions go against us, an awful lot of decisions go against us in a big game, big moments, you need some of them to go your way and you hope they do but today they didn’t.
"The lads gave everything, we came up a little bit short again which has been the story of the last few weeks for us. Proud of the players, they’re in a tough moment and they're giving everything.
“They’re ready to fight, ready to scrap, ready to come away to West Ham and give them a real good game. We needed to find a way to turn it our way today and we didn’t quite do that."
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