Top-scorer Sam Szmodics says Rovers must leave everything on the pitch as they battle to stay in the Championship.

John Eustace’s side have a three-point cushion over the drop zone following their 1-1 draw against Coventry last weekend.

However, they aren’t yet mathematically safe ahead of a tough trip to champions Leicester on the final day.

“Because it is in our hands, we have just got to do our job,” Szmodics told RoversTV. “I think you have just got to look back at the season (to see) how hard we have worked.

“The manager mentioned it and the lads have mentioned it, you have just got to give our all for 90 minutes.

“It is football, everyone loves the game and it means so much to fans, family, players, staff. We have just got to give our all to do it.”

Barring a remarkable turn of events, the Irish international will win the Championship Golden Boot award this weekend.

Szmodics has found the net 25 times in 43 league appearances since the start of the campaign – the best return of his career to date.

“It is something I have never even thought about,” the Rovers forward grinned. “Even getting a game in the Championship is amazing, people don’t realise how tough it us.

“My journey has come from League Two and non-league, all the way through. To be in the Championship is brilliant and to have a chance of winning the Golden Boot is amazing.

“My name is among some great strikers and goalscorers like Adam Armstrong, I want to hopefully add a couple more.

“It would be amazing for me to pick up that award – that would be the cherry on top if we stay in the league.”

There was pressure on the 28-year-old at the start of the season to step up and carry more of the burden in the final third.

Szmodics has also played a big role in the changing room after losing the likes of Bradley Dack, Ben Brereton Diaz and Daniel Ayala last summer.

“I have found a freedom and confidence in front of goal that I have never had before. I am a confident person and have always tried to take that onto the pitch,” he said.

“There was a lot of pressure at the start of the season when we lost Dacky, Bez, Dan Ayala – big names. We have had to step up and it was not just me, we have done it as a collective.

“Off the pitch, we have hard times that people do not see. We all care so much and it is just keeping the boys going with laughs and jokes.

“It can be hard sometimes but people don’t see it from the outside world. People just think you are footballers and it is the best job in the world. Of course, it is - but we have hard days as well.

“If I can bring joy and a bit of laughter off the pitch, and keep performing on it, I have done my job.”