Millwall manager Neil Harris says Bristol City have to get into the play-offs this season.

The Robins spent more than £5m on striker Famara Diedhiou last summer to boost their promotion hopes.

Bristol City and Millwall are only separated by goals scored ahead of Saturday’s clash at the Den - both sides are just a point off the top six.

“I’d certainly look forward to playing Bristol City on Saturday, they have to get into the play-offs, really, they have to be above Millwall,” Harris said.  

“It’s not right for them to be below Millwall. That’s a big game at the Den and a great one for us.

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“Teams like Ipswich, like Forest, like QPR after their result against Norwich, they are dangerous teams. They’re not in danger at the bottom and they’re not going to make the top six. 

“They go one way or another. Ipswich were right at it. They really played for their manager and rightly so. They played in an attacking expansive game. It’s hard to play against, they play risk-and-reward football. 

“We saw Forest doing it to a certain degree. I’d much rather play games against teams that are fighting for their lives or going for promotion because you get real structure to it.”