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Johns conceded it was a risky ploy by the Warriors to potentially alienate their most damaging forward, but applauded Webster for not compromising on his beliefs. “It is very principled to stand down close to the best yardage man in the competition at the moment,” Johns said. “When you’ve got young players that are looking for guidance and looking particularly at a senior player who does that, if they just let that slide a lot of the younger players (think) it gives them a little bit of breathing space and a little bit of rope.”

“Most of the games we have had against City are very night,” continued Leno. “Even last season when we lost 2-1, it was very tight game at The Cottage. Hopefully we can make it as hard as possible for them. We need a perfect day, a perfect game. The referee needs a perfect game as well. We want to finish our last home game in a positive way.”

Fulham head into Saturday’s game 13th in the Premier League table and are well clear of the relegation battle heading into the final two matches of the campaign. Marco Silva’s side have adapted well to the top flight following their promotion ahead of the 2022/23 season, avoiding the bottom three rather comfortably after securing a 10th-placed finish.

Former Arsenal goalkeeper Bernd Leno has revealed he has told former team-mates he will do everything to prevent a Manchester City win this weekend.

City are in action at Fulham tomorrow afternoon as they look to move top of the table, with the Gunners later in action on Sunday against Manchester United.