Marcelo Bielsa says he backs his Leeds United players to cope with growing expectation to seal promotion to the Premier League.
Leeds are in pole position to make their long awaited return to the top flight, with the Whites sitting second in the Championship.
Bielsa's side are seven points ahead of Fulham in third place, with the two teams meeting at Elland Road on Saturday in what is a crucial clash.
A victory over the Cottagers would open up a 10-point gap over Fulham, and Bielsa believes his side are equipped to push on in their final games.
"The eight matches left are going to generate the same expectation until the situation is defined," he said during the pre-match press conference.
"Every match is important. This has a more valuable meaning because we play with the direct and closest team to us to fight for promotion."
The match is also an opportunity for Leeds to bounce back from their 2-0 defeat to Cardiff last weekend, and Bielsa dismissed the notion that his side were suffering from a lack of sharpness due to the coronavirus-enforced break.
"I can talk about the match we played. I didn’t see a lot of big differences. The match we played was similar to a lot of matches we played before COVID.
"Our physical performance was high, the possession was high, we defended very well. Even with the two goals we conceded, during all the Championship we didn’t receive goals through avoidable mistakes. It’s not normal the opponent took advantage of 100 per cent of chances.
"About our attacking play, we should have created more danger than the danger we created. We attacked four more times than the chances the opponent had.
"We know we can improve. We play a lot of similar matches like the last one and have won. It was a good opportunity we couldn’t take advantage of."
