Leeds turn the screw on Spurs as Daniel Farke finds blueprint for Premier League survival
Leeds United 3-1 Burnley: Anton Stach, Noah Okafor and Dominic Calvert-Lewin scored the goals that all but secured Leeds’ Premier League place next season
The day after one promotion specialist of a manager departed, his survival mission ending in failure, another celebrated the greatest achievement of his career. Scott Parker is gone, but Daniel Farke has confounded many a doubter. A three-time winner of the Championship has kept Leeds up with three games to go.
And if it is not a mathematical certainly, no team has ever gone down with 43 points in a 38-game Premier League season. The choruses of “we are staying up” felt the safest of predictions. It has been a triumph of Farke, and of recruitment.
It felt fitting that three summer signings scored for Leeds. Anton Stach and Noah Okafor arrived for £17m apiece, Dominic Calvert-Lewin on a free transfer that may render him the signing of the season. Burnley, whose demotion can be traced in part to their missteps in the transfer market, were duly condemned to a fifth consecutive defeat.
It leaves Leeds nine points ahead of Tottenham. With 10 points from their last four games, this has been a surge to safety. The catalytic result may have been beating Manchester United at Old Trafford .
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