Roy Hodgson insisted he isn't a quitter after England's World Cup campaign fizzled out after a second defeat.
After losing 2-1 to Uruguay on Thursday evening, England have been eliminated from the competition at the earliest possible juncture after Costa Rica beat Italy 1-0 last night.
But Hodgson – whose contract as England boss expires after Euro 2016 – says he will battle on in charge of the squad.
"I don't have any intention to resign," he said. "I'm bitterly disappointed, of course, but I don't feel I need to resign, no."
"On the other hand, if the Football Association think I'm no longer the right man to do the job, that will be their decision and not mine."
Hodgson admitted the top-class finishing of Luis Suarez proved the critical difference in the 2-1 loss to Uruguay.
The Uruguay striker, questioned by Hodgson in the build-up to the game, struck twice – including the winner with six minutes left on the clock – but England were not able to rediscover their attacking edge in search for a second equaliser of the night.
Hodgson says he and his side were devastated by the result.
"We believed we could do enough to get a result in this game and we worked so hard to counter Suarez's first goal," Hodgson said.
"At 1-1, I fully believed that we would go on to win the game, or at least draw. To concede the second goal as we did was an unbelievable blow.
"It's a goal that we don't expect to concede, we knew we could deal with the Uruguayan attack but we came up against a strong defensive unit ourselves but we still did enough to get the draw.
"The first goal he scored was exceptionally good and I thought Cavani's chip was good and Suarez's pulling away for the header was top class.
"I think he was fortunate to get himself free for the second goal, but of course he made no mistake. We knew what he could do."
Suarez gave Uruguay the lead in the first half with his 40th international goal, peeling away from Phil Jagielka to head Edinson Cavani's chip past Joe Hart.
The lead lasted until the 75th minute when Wayne Rooney matched Suarez's tally with his first ever World Cup finals goal, tapping in from close range after good work from Glen Johnson down the right.
But it was Liverpool striker Suarez who struck the deflating blow to Hodgson's side, capitalising on an error in the England defence, who failed to clear a long punt forward from Fernando Muslera.
The Uruguay striker pounced on the ball on the right of the area and powered his shot past Hart once more in what proved to be the decisive moment.
Hodgson said he did not expect to lose the game in the last 10 minutes after England's second-half domination, but pointed to England's deficiencies in front of goal as the reason for their two losses in the competition.
"When Rooney scored I didn't think we would lose the game because we controlled the game for such a long period of time," Hodgson continued.
"After the first five minutes of the second half we got ourselves back on track and they had been nowhere near our goal.
"We got near theirs a couple of times but it doesn't matter how many times you get close, it's how many times you put the ball in the back of the net and on both occasions so far we haven't done it enough."
