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Bolton boss Gary Megson is staying positive despite his side losing 2-0 to Manchester United.
Two goals from Cristiano Ronaldo inside the opening 20 minutes were the downfall for Bolton at Old Trafford, as they crashed to a fifth successive league defeat.
Defensive lapses from Abdoulaye Meite were central to United's two goals, but Megson believes his side will be safe if they continue to play in a similar fashion until the end of the season.
"We caused our own downfall in the first half with two set-pieces," Megson told Sky Sports.
"We were sloppy on the first one and one or two things happened to cause us to lose that goal.
"Any team in the Premiership when a goal down you have to open up and cause yourself problems."
The second goal was a piece of magic from Ronaldo, a 30-yard free-kick which sailed past Ali Al-Habsi and into the corner of the net.
"The second goal was genius and I don't know how he does that and most of our players are talking about it," added Megson. "It was a fantastic strike."
Despite being two goals down at the break, Megson was happy with his sides second half performance and wants the same effort until the end of the season.
"To be fair to the players, we had probably more chances to score in this game than we have had for quite a few games and that is at Old Trafford, when 2-0 down so we did okay.
"The pleasing thing is we did okay, but the most important thing is we realise why we have done okay and take that forward into the next eight games because we didn't look like a bottom three team.
"The results we have just had, five on the belt does look like a bottom three team but I think there is cause for optimism even at this late stage of the season."