Smith: Norwich must show ‘fight’ as they battle relegation

Dean Smith has urged his Norwich players to leave everything on the pitch as they resume their bid for Premier League survival.

The Canaries went into the international break on the end of an agonising stoppage-time defeat to rivals Leeds at Elland Road, where they had equalised in the closing moments.

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It was a sixth straight league defeat for Smith’s men, who sit eight points from safety having played two more games than Everton and with a far worse goal difference.

While Smith is not about to throw in the towel ahead of Saturday’s trip to Brighton, who are also on a losing run, he accepts it is almost shaping up to a Mission: Impossible for Norwich to extend their stay in the top flight past just one season.

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“We have not really talked about the last-chance saloon, because they know that,” the Norwich boss, who took on the Carrow Road job in November shortly after leaving Aston Villa.

“I want to see some fight from them, to see them driving each other, pushing themselves and each other to really show to us and supporters how much they care about