Four-and-a-half hours of sustained pressure from three of the Premier League’s best four teams awaits Leeds United while Burnley and Everton look to turn the tables. Just as Jesse Marsch had warned during United’s 16 days of inactivity between the Watford and Crystal Palace matches, the league table could tighten up while Leeds withstand title and top-four pushes across the next 12 days.
After a five-match unbeaten streak which has at least kept Leeds in a decent position while their rivals pick up the pace, the Whites faithful must find calmness somewhere as the wait for that crack at Brighton & Hove Albion lingers in the distance. Having felt the atmosphere of a tense capitulation at Elland Road when Aston Villa visited, the head coach has clear instructions for how players and fans avoid that in the next three,
“It's important to take it game by game and what the game requires,” he said. “If we do that, we have the best chance.
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“Then we can't waver. We haven't wavered yet and we can't. We have to stay strong and believe in how we do things and have to keep pushing forward every single day.
"That's the most important thing and we've had that. It's been a key part of our success and it'll continue to be so."
Between now and Brighton’s trip to Elland Road, Burnley play Watford and Aston Villa, while Everton face Chelsea, Leicester City and Watford.
