Southampton head coach Russell Martin disagrees with Leeds United manager Daniel Farke's suggestion that the Saints have less to play for than the Whites this Saturday.
Tomorrow lunchtime Leeds will take to the field against Southampton in what many could foresee as being a dress rehearsal for the end-of-season Championship play-off final. The two sides have fallen short of the automatic promotion places, despite accruing 90 and 84 points, respectively, and will almost certainly contest the play-offs against sides finish fifth and sixth in the league table.
'Southampton can play with a bit more freedom than us perhaps, because they don't have anything to lose anymore,' Farke said in his pre-match press conference on Thursday. 'You can't be a Southampton manager and not go to Leeds under pressure, it's a privilege the pressure we are under,' Martin responded. 'The players will put pressure on themselves to implement the training and there will be pressure from a huge crowd.
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