Former Leeds United defender Danny Mills has called on the Whites to show similar fight to Arsenal in their recent comeback against Southampton. The Premier League leaders were trailing 3-1 at home in the dying embers of the game but salvaged a point against the struggling Saints to keep their title charge alive.
Fellow title chasers Manchester City have two games in hand on the Gunners and are five points adrift in second place, but the two sides go head-to-head with the winner in pole position to win the league. Leeds may not have the same honours to play for, but the importance of their clash against Leicester city this evening is just as important.
The Whites have endured a torrid month in April, picking up just one win in five games and conceding 18 goals in the process. Mills has told Leeds players that defeat can be forgiven, as long as there's effort on the pitch.
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Mills told talkSPORT: "No, it's always been that way. Even when I played here what nearly 20 years ago. If we weren't winning 1-0 at half-time there were jeers.
"Not boos, but there were jeers, sheer disappointment. This crowd, they expect hard work, they expect some fight and some spirit.
"They haven't really seen that in the last three games. If you give that, they will forgive anything.
"They will forgive results. They need, tonight, to put in a performance that is about grit and determination. It's about fight and doing everything possible to stay in this division.
"If they get that, the fans will back them. When they fold, and when it looks like they're starting to give up and maybe they're not caring - I think they do but sometimes appearances can come across that way - if that happens, the crowd is within its rights to be disappointed.
"Paramount - you have to give 100 per cent every single time. Fight until the very last minute of the match end. Look at what Arsenal did, 3-1 down and they come back and get a 3-3 draw.
"You have to keep going right until the very end. If you get that they'll be okay but it's going to be some atmosphere here this evening."
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