Knill won the League Two manager award in September and January

Bury boss Alan Knill has told his squad to keep calm as they continue their bid for a top-three finish in League Two.

Four successive draws have kept Bury within a point of the automatic promotion places with seven games left.

Knill told BBC Radio Manchester: "All of a sudden, things are getting a little more tense in the dressing room and we've just got to relax.

"We are in a good position and it's in our hands. We haven't set a points target, we just look at the next game."

Knill added: "The good thing for us is we've now played our last midweek game so the players can now have some rest in between games.

"Up until now we have been kind of full on and we have a really small squad.

"But the players have put in a real shift throughout the season and now we've put ourselves in this position .

"It's really difficult because the end is in sight and you want promotion so much."

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