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Leeds United’s title rivals Norwich City will treat their trip to Elland Road on Saturday like ‘a cup final’, insists their manager Daniel Farke.

The Whites lead the Canaries by three points at the top of the Championship, with both firmly engaged in a battle for the title and promotion to the Premier League.

A win for Marcelo Bielsa’s men will open up a two-win gap at the summit for United – but defeat will allow their visitors, with their superior goal difference, to dethrone them as February gets underway.

Speaking after his side’s 2-2 draw with fellow top-of-the-table rivals Sheffield United, who lie six points off United and three off Norwich , Farke stated that his team will approach their trip to West Yorkshire with the utmost concentration.

“At this stage now it feels like every game is a cup final and you have to be switched on in each and every moment,” the former Borussia Dortmund II supremo told reporters.

“We spoke about this period of unbelievably difficult games, when you regard the quality of the opponent. Now we have five points from these first three and we want to add points at Leeds.

“The performances have been good, Sheffield was another one and we will go to Leeds and look to be competitive.

“I am excited because that is why you start out as a professional in football. You look forward to these games.

“You want to have something on the final matches of the season, you want to play in big, massive games.

“Our feeling is we have so many of them in this period. It can be exhausting mentally but it is what we are looking for.

“For me, these next few weeks are not season-defining. We are not addicted only to results. You have to prepare a team for what you want to do within games. Those are the details I worry about.”

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