Graeme Souness has warned that Leeds United need to start beating teams around them in the table ahead of their clash against AFC Bournemouth at Elland Road on Saturday.
Leeds ended their eight-match winless streak and a run of four straight defeats with a memorable 2-1 victory over Liverpool at Anfield.
The victory, in which Souness described Leeds as 'having fire in their bellies', lifted Jesse Marsch's side one-point clear of the relegation zone. Now Souness has set Leeds the target of building on their win over Liverpool by taking points off their closest rivals in the table.
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Souness wrote in his Daily Mail column: "The match against my local side, Bournemouth, is important to both sides but Leeds need to be beating teams around them in the table at Elland Road. That is how Marsch must sell it.
"His players ran 11 kilometres more than Liverpool last weekend. Was that because Liverpool had so much of the ball and Leeds had to hunt it down? Or was that part of the reason for some of Liverpool’s ills in a season when they are still not matching other teams’ intensity?
"One good win does not change everything for Leeds. Now they need to apply that work ethic to a different kind of challenge. In football, as in all sports, it is a question of sustaining the standard you set."
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