Newcastle United manager Rafa Benitez has urged his players to "fight until the end" and "give everything" to show the fans that they are committed to the cause and working hard to stop the club from dropping into the Championship.
"What I can see is a group of players training really well, trying to do what we want to do and I don't see any fear," Benitez stated at his Friday press conference (via NUFC.co.uk).
RB: "When you are fighting to stay up, you feel the pressure for sure. I am asking the team to give everything and finish without regret."
— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) April 15, 2016
Second bottom, the Magpies are currently six points adrift of Norwich and the safety of 17th place. They've lost eight of the last 10 games and have been slammed from all corners, but Benitez insists the squad are clear on what is expected.
"I know that they are really upset and disappointed because of the last result against Southampton and the way we played in the first half, so hopefully they will show the fans tomorrow what the fans are expecting from them - fight until the end, give everything - and that has to be the key for us for the next games," he said.
"What you have to do is what we are trying to do every day - train well, give them clear instructions about what to do, and in football sometimes you need a little bit of luck. So if we score the first goal, maybe we will see the quality of these players in the whole game.
"The only thing I am asking them, and the only thing that everybody is expecting from them, is that they have to give everything. They have to finish the game without regret that they left something there."
Newcastle host Swansea on Saturday afternoon, with the Welsh side securing their own Premier League status for next season with a run of good results since the turn of the year - most recently in their last outing against Chelsea.
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