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Your support makes all the difference.By common consent, Swansea City are playing in the vein all Premier League newcomers should; with an uninhibited "go for it" sort of air which piles all the burden on their established opponents. Tomorrow evening in South Wales, Brendan Rodgers is hoping the load proves too heavy for the champions.
In their audacious climb into the top 10, Swansea remain unbeaten at the Liberty Stadium, but it is another stat on which Rodgers is concentrating. If Manchester City prevail against Newcastle United in the 3pm kick-off then all eyes will point to the evening encounter in South Wales. Manchester United would be eight points behind and anything but a victory would be unthinkable.
"All the pressure will be on United, that's for sure," Rodgers said yesterday. "These are games they need to win. That's the reality. When you are at a big club like United and you are investing millions and millions you're normally judged on the games you should win."
Unsurprisingly, Rodgers is keen to prey on any tension. He came away with a point from the visit to Anfield a fortnight ago and plainly feels this will be anything but a foregone conclusion. "We won't have any fear," he said. "The fundamental idea of our game won't change. We will be creative, offensive, but have a tactical discipline."
The last time Rodgers was involved against United happened to be the 2008 Champions League final when he was Jose Mourinho's assistant at Chelsea. The penalty shootout was an experience to make his mind flash back whenever his mobile phone goes missing. Rodgers said: "If you had to put your mortgage on someone it was John Terry. When he took that penalty we were all in a huddle and I was so confident John would score I zipped my mobile into a pocket because I didn't want it to lose it in the mêlée. It will take more than winning on Saturday to get over."
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