Claus Lundekvam believes Saints have a better final day chance of survival now than they did when they were relegated from the Premiership.

That is despite their fate ending up being in their own hands when they hosted Manchester United three years ago with Norwich suffering a heavy final day defeat.

On that fateful day in 2005, Lundekvam, pictured, was at the heart of the Saints defence - as he had been at so many successful relegation battles over the years.

It went against Saints that day but Lundekvam believes it is there for the taking for the current crop of Saints players if they beat United - even though this is the first time the club's final day fate has been out of their own hands.

He said: "I really think against Man United that day there was tension but we lowered our shoulders a bit on the day because we were playing Man United.

"They're such a good team and no one expected us to do anything.

"Circumstances were different and we were more or less hoping to produce something extraordinary on the day, so it was a little bit of a different approach to the game.

"Everyone involved now believes and thinks that if we can perform well on Sunday we will beat Sheffield United, even though they're a good side and have something to play for."

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