Friday 6 May 2016 17:30, UK
Norwich manager Alex Neil has told his players Saturday's match against Manchester United will be the biggest game of their lives.
City will move out of the bottom three with a win in the lunchtime kick-off as Neil looks to gain maximum returns from three season-defining matches over eight days.
After United, Norwich host Watford in midweek before closing the campaign at Everton on Sunday week and Neil knows the stakes have never been higher.
He said: "Like I've said before, we need to win games to make sure we stay at this level. It comes no bigger than this, it really is crunch time now. There is no room for excuses, we've got to go out and do the job.
"The players know exactly where we are. They gave it their best efforts against Arsenal, and I expect exactly the same this weekend.
"We've got to focus on the fact that in the last few games that we've played in, we've been competitive and played relatively well.
"We just need to make the difference, whether it be someone producing a bit of quality which ends up with a goal or somebody committing a bit more going forward so we make best use of the pressure we're applying to the opposition. I'm just focused on us. We need to make sure that this game counts for us.
"I've watched it back and I think away from home against the bigger teams, it was probably our best performance even though we didn't get anything.
"I think we probably played better in that game than we did against Manchester United when we won. They are the fine margins at this level. We need to take that kind of performance into this game. If we can do that, then it gives us a great chance."
The Scot knows just what staying up this season would mean for the Norfolk club, who won promotion via the play-offs under his stewardship last summer.
"With the finance which is coming in next season, it will make the divide bigger between the Championship and the Premier League," he said.
"We need to try to consolidate, to try to push forward and become a team who is not flirting with relegation, a more stable Premier League team, but that will only happen if we stay up.
"It would be more relief than celebration, the fact that we have done it and we know how significant it is for the club to grow and become better and better."
