Back-to-back clean sheets and four points from six see Norwich City travel to Old Trafford in high spirits for Saturday's Premier League game against Manchester United.
"I'm a realist and I know how difficult it is going to be," Dean Smith said on the subject of Premier League survival at his pre-match press conference on Friday morning.
"We're travelling to Old Trafford, the Theatre of Dreams, and what a tough place to go, but we've got that renewed confidence that four points in the last two games brings you.
"They lost their last game against Everton and I've been told there might be some kind of protest at the ground as well, so we need to be playing teams at the right time and hopefully this is.
"We've analysed Manchester United's last three or four games as we always do, but they're very good footballers and if they weren't they wouldn't be there. We're looking forward to the game and let's try to climb that mountain and do what people have already said is not doable.
"We just want to keep working hard, trying to perform well and trying to get better, develop and learn from our mistakes and reflect from each game. If you can do that, there's going to be progression and development, which is all you can want from your team.
"The history of Manchester United, there's an expectancy to go and win things and that will always be there after what Sir Alex Ferguson did over a 20-year period. It's been very difficult to follow in those footsteps.
"Their fans are expecting them to get back to those levels as soon as they can and they'll try to keep pushing for that."
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