Kalvin Phillips makes Leeds United pledge and frank assessment of second Premier League campaign - YEP 12/5/22
Leeds United will "dig deep" for Premier League survival, desperate to put smiles on faces of the club's devoted fans.
By Lee Sobot
That's the message from United's England international
midfielder Kalvin Phillips who says the Whites are maintaining only positive
thoughts ahead of Sunday's ginormous home finale against Brighton.
Two years after being promoted in glorious style as
Championship champions under Marcelo Bielsa, Jesse Marsch's Whites would be
relegated back to the country's second tier if they fail to bag a point from
their next two games.
Third-bottom Leeds are level on points with fourth-bottom
Burnley but United's goal difference means they would need a goal-swing miracle
to stay up without another point.
Both Burnley and fifth-bottom Everton who are two points
ahead of Leeds also have three games remaining as opposed to United who have
just two games left, a final day trip to Brentford following Sunday's Elland
Road showdown against Brighton.
Burnley, Leeds and Everton all play back to back on Sunday
as part of a potentially decisive day and Phillips says his side will fight
hard for their survival, admitting that battling away at the foot of the table
has been on the cards for some time.
Pressed on whether fighting for top-flight survival was a
daunting prospect and whether Leeds just had to dig deep, Phillips told LUTV:
"Definitely.
"We knew that a long time into the season that we were
always going to be near the bottom of the league and performances haven't been
good enough this season.
"But we still try to keep positive, we still try to go
out there and try to make the fans happy.