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Eriksson has been under pressure after the former Thai prime minister revealed he would review the Swede's position at the end of the season.

Speaking after City's 3-1 win over Portsmouth, he said: "Am I worried that I still have a job? No, I'm not worried at all, absolutely not. You can't go in life and be worried about things like that - I think I will be sitting here in this chair next season."

Eriksson added: "He [Thaksin] said something, if he means it or not I don't know, I will see him next week.

"This was important for the team, the club, the fans and with three games to play, we still have a small possibility to play in Europe, so that's good."

Inspired by the powerful Benjani Mwaruwari, City took full advantage of an off day for the Portsmouth defence to keep themselves in with a chance of qualifying for Europe.

Darius Vassell had opened the scoring after a bad mix-up between David James and Sol Campbell, and Martin Petrov made it 2-0 before John Utaka gave the visitors hope again.

But after Herman Hreidarsson's controversial dismissal, Portsmouth were up against it and after some bad luck - they hit both posts - Benjani ended the contest.