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Norwich boss Smith: We can only focus on ourselves

Norwich City boss Dean Smith says they can only focus on themselves in the relegation fight.

The Canaries had hauled themselves out of the relegation zone after successive wins over Everton and then rivals Watford before the winter break.

However, Smith's side now find themselves bottom once again after Burnley suddenly found form, beating Tottenham 1-0 on Wednesday night to make it back-to-back victories.

“I was watching After Life on Netflix (on Wednesday night), so I did not really find out the (Burnley) result until later," said Smith.

“We can't concentrate on the table at the moment, we have just got to concentrate on results and on our performances.

“If we perform well, we have got a good chance of getting the results. If we perform to the standard we did against Liverpool, then it is going to be a real tight game and we can be close to getting a victory."

Smith continued: “We have got a lot of big games coming up at Carrow Road against teams who are in and around us, so we know we have to win games to draw other teams in.

Burnley have done that in the last couple of games and you have seen what has happened.

“We are not concentrating really on other results, we are just concentrating on ourselves and hopefully force some of those other teams in."

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