Thursday Apr 24 2008 12:43
Birmingham City boss Alex McLeish has backed his side's home form to keep them in the Premier League.
The Blues slipped into the relegation zone after last weekend's 5-1 derby thrashing at the hands of Aston Villa.
But, after seeing three of his four wins since taking the reins come at St Andrew's, McLeish believes his side can avoid relegation on the back of their home form.
The Blues take on Liverpool and Blackburn Rovers at St Andrew's either side of an away trip to fellow strugglers Fulham.
"It's now come down to a three-game league," said McLeish. "I said that to the players immediately after the Villa game in the dressing room.
"We have shown time and time again our resilience in the way we have bounced back.
"And I would much rather be playing at St Andrew's rather than anywhere else this weekend.
"We have tried to make sure that any team leaving St Andrew's have gone away saying 'that was a difficult game'.
"That's our intention in terms of Saturday. We're hoping they will be leaving knowing they've been in a right game, that Birmingham are a really tough team to play against.
"St Andrew's is definitely a place where we would want to be bouncing back at."
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