Focus on the present is the message from Leeds United manager Marcelo Bielsa ahead of Saturday's clash with Cardiff City.
The Argentinian gave a typically thoughtful response to a question about the Whites' healthy position in the table, top on goal difference after 21 games with an 11-point gap ahead of third place.
He warned about complacency or getting carried away and thinking about the possibility of promotion with five months of the season.
It's not even up to the midway point, and he's clearly wary of repeating the mistakes of last season, in which Sheffield United leapfrogged Leeds into the top two despite being ten points behind at the midway point.
He stressed how open and unpredictable the league is, underlining that his focus is always just on the very next game as opposed to what happened in the past or weeks in the future.
"The difference we are talking is just one information about the reality," said Bielsa.
"The team at the bottom can beat the first. The top of the table can lose points with the bottom.
"The objective is not talk or consider the past or future, just what’s happening now. Try to resolve every match according to its characteristics of the opponent.
"It’s not about them scoring and us scoring. This is just a phrase about the other team. Everybody wants to score and not concede. After you play against different opponent, different realities and different characteristics. Our reality changes every week."
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