Leeds United won't rely on Championship craziness and rival slip ups to get to 'promised land' vows Kalvin Phillips

The midfielder, who starred in the draw with Brentford last week before a man-of-the-match performance in the victory over Bristol City on Saturday, hopes the Whites will now go on a run, while others will falter.

On Saturday, as Phillips was walking off the Elland Road pitch to a huge ovation, another roar went up, as Fulham’s 3-0 defeat at home to bottom side Barnsley flashed up on the big screen.

It was the perfect example of how unpredictable the Championship can be, a division in which any side can lose to a struggling side, as Leeds head coach Marcelo Bielsa often points out.

Phillips echoes his manager’s words. “No game is easy,” he said.

“Anybody can beat anybody in this league, you only have to look at Nottingham Forest [last week] – they were beaten by Charlton after we lost to them at the weekend.

“I think the Championship this year is very up and down. Teams can lose any game and we know that if we lose to any team in the Championship it is disappointing for us.”

Despite a run of just three wins in 12 outings for United, the competitive nature of England’s second tier helped keep them in the top two, even if it was merely on the merit of goal difference at one stage.

Phillips is keen to avoid relying on the likelihood that teams around them will drop points unexpectedly, and reaching the standards they set at Griffin Park last week will be key.

“Other teams will fall against different teams, but we can’t rely on that,” he said.

“We need to make sure we do our job and we will try and do that until the end of the season.

“In every game from now until the end of the season we will try and play like we did against Brentford and we will see what happens.”

What Leeds fan Phillips wants to see happen is a return to the Premier League, for the first time since he was eight years old.

Thirteen games remain in the Championship season and the 24-year-old wants everyone to stay focused to ensure the goal is met.

“I’m excited,” he said.

“As a team we want to make the city proud.

“If we stick together as a team and as a city and as a club, the promised land is there for us at the end of the season.”