"The manager and the captain are the two most important people you look to.
"You have to sit up and take notice of what they say. Roy Keane has been vocal in the press. We all knew about that as he is vocal in the dressing room before going to the press.
"It does spur us on. If he can get an extra bit out of us for Sunday, which he is obviously trying to do, that's great.
"You learn from players like Roy Keane and how they deal with situations and how they prepare for games. That's what I have done since coming into the first-team squad."