Jokanovic: No let-up from Fulham in pursuit of Cardiff

Slavisa Jokanovic believes Fulham pushing Cardiff all the way for second place is the best way to prepare for the play-offs if they cannot win automatic promotion. 

After Fulham beat Leeds and closed the gap to five points with six games left, Jokanovic dismissed concerns over pushing his players too hard ahead of three possible extra games.

The Whites boss said: “I try to do my job. I don’t know how we are going to start now resting players and preparing for two games in May and maybe the final.

“What we must do, and is the best preparation for us, is to push hard and try to win the next game – and that’s it.

“We are going to chase Sheffield Wednesday next and try to win this game. I expect we are going to be focused and ambitious to fight for three more points.

“I don’t know what is going to happen. Everything is in Cardiff’s hands. It depends on them.

“They must lose something for us to catch them. They have five points. Its a big difference between us. They have a hard game against Wolves but I believe they are going to win.

“We are going to try and make our job and, in the end, it’s a race, and we are going to try chasing them.”

Kevin McDonald scored a rare goal and Aleksandar Mitrovic bagged his eighth since joining on loan as Leeds succumbed to the Whites’ 14th win in an 18-match unbeaten run.

And Jokanovic said: “We dominated the game, put them under stress and created chances.

“We got a little bit luck for the first goal and they got stronger in the second half but, in the end, we showed quality to score the second goal.

“It’s great news for us. We finish with another clean sheet and we showed that we can be solid and arrive in difficult moments working altogether.”