Dean Smith insists Norwich must focus on themselves rather than the table

Norwich head coach Dean Smith wants everyone focused on their own performances rather than continually dissecting the Premier League table in the battle for survival.

The Canaries had hauled themselves out of the relegation zone after successive wins over Everton and then rivals Watford before the winter break.

However, Smith’s side now find themselves bottom once again after Burnley suddenly found form, beating Tottenham 1-0 on Wednesday night to make it back-to-back victories.

Newcastle’s own recent three-game winning run lifted them up to 17th. Yet they along with the likes of Everton, Leeds and even Brentford – just four points clear of the drop zone – will be having an anxious glance over their shoulder.

Smith takes his side to Southampton on Friday night, when a positive result could crank up the pressure on their relegation rivals once again.

The Norwich head coach, though, does not intend to worry about whatever else might happen over the rest of the weekend’s fixtures.

“I was watching After Life on Netflix (on Wednesday night), so I did not really find out the (Burnley) result until later,” said Smith.

“We can’t concentrate on the table at the moment, we have just got to concentrate on results and on our performances.

“If we perform well, we have got a good chance of getting the results. If we perform to the standard we did against Liverpool, then it is going to be a real tight game and we can be close to getting a victory.”

Smith continued: “We have got a lot of big games coming up at Carrow Road against teams who are in and around us, so we know we have to win games to draw other teams in.

“Burnley have done that in the last couple of games and you have seen what has happened.

“We are not concentrating really