( CNN ) -- Sevilla have sacked coach Manolo Jimenez after their disappointing home draw to bottom-club Xerez on Tuesday extended the club 's winless run to seven games . Despite lying fifth in the Spanish Primera Liga table , Sevilla were knocked out of the lucrative European Champions League by Russian side CSKA Moscow last week . Jimenez had also secured a Copa del Rey final against Atletico Madrid but it was n't enough to save the 46-year-old 's job . The club 's sporting director Ramon Rodriguez admitted the decision had been difficult but said he had `` done what I had to . '' He told the club 's official Web site : `` It was an unavoidable situation and we had to find a solution , and the pain that it brings . `` Tuesday was the end of the story but the decision comes from the image and dynamics of the team . Without doubt we are grateful to Manolo . He is an excellent professional , he has made all this possible and impossible . However it is obvious that he could not get a response out of the team . `` Fortunately we believe that there is time . The growth and the ambition of the club is shown in the change of the manager . We are fighting for important things . '' Xerez 's injury-time equaliser on Tuesday meant Sevilla 's last league success was against Real Mallorca back in February . Ironically , it is Mallorca who occupy the much-coveted fourth spot in the table that guarantees Champions League football next season . Jimenez took charge in October 2007 when former coach Juande Ramos left to take over at English Premier League team Tottenham . In that season he led Sevilla to a fifth-place finish , while in 2009 they came third in the league behind Real Madrid and Barcelona . Rodriguez said a new manager would be in place for Sunday 's game with Villarreal . `` The matter will be resolved as soon as possible and he [ the new manager ] will be sitting on the bench for Sundays match , '' he added .
Sevilla sack coach Manolo Jimenez . The former Real Madrid and Barcelona midfielder has been sacked by the club after a disappointing start to his second season in charge. The club 's sporting director Ramon Rodriguez says no replacement has been lined up . Sevilla play Villarreal on Sunday .