{"id":642178,"date":"2026-05-02T03:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T03:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/642178\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T03:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T03:14:08","slug":"premier-league-relegation-battle-leeds-beat-burnley-to-heap-pressure-on-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/642178\/","title":{"rendered":"Premier League relegation battle: Leeds beat Burnley to heap pressure on others"},"content":{"rendered":"

If Leeds<\/a> are able to retain their top-flight status, the majority of supporters are likely point to wins against relegation rivals Wolves<\/a>, Burnley<\/a> and West Ham<\/a> as the defining moments of the season.<\/p>\n

But Farke is almost certain to share a different view.<\/p>\n

The 49-year-old is more likely to point to a 3-2 defeat by Manchester City<\/a> in late November as the moment his side’s fortunes changed – and the numbers back it up.<\/p>\n

After goals from Phil Foden and Josko Gvardiol put City 2-0 up inside 25 minutes, Leeds<\/a> were left fearing the worst. <\/p>\n

That was until Farke made an almighty roll of the dice, summoning Calvert-Lewin and defender Jaka Bijol from the bench to switch from a 4-3-3 to a 3-5-2.<\/p>\n

It was a tactical switch that allowed Leeds<\/a> an extra man in midfield and, crucially, offered extra support to summer signing Calvert-Lewin in attack.<\/p>\n

Although Leeds<\/a> saw a point snatched from their grasp when Foden scored a stoppage\u2011time winner, the performance – and a new tactical blueprint – offered both the club and Farke a road to redemption.<\/p>\n

Leeds<\/a> bounced back from the defeat against Pep Guardiola’s side by taking four points from a possible six against Chelsea<\/a> and reigning champions Liverpool<\/a> in the next two games.<\/p>\n

“He was under real pressure, there was a lot of talk about his job – other managers were getting touted – and you felt if he lost against Manchester City<\/a> he would lose his job,” said ex-Liverpool<\/a> and Spurs midfielder Jamie Redknapp on Sky Sports.<\/p>\n

“He didn’t win that game but they changed the system that day, played with a lot of promise and since then they’ve gone on a great run and gone from strength to strength.<\/p>\n

“The points they’ve produced since the start of December has been fantastic.”<\/p>\n

Since then, Leeds<\/a> have lost only four out of a possible 19 league games – the ninth-best record in the division. <\/p>\n

Consequently, Farke is on course to lead a team to Premier League survival for the first team in his career after failing to do so during his time in charge of Norwich.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If Leeds are able to retain their top-flight status, the majority of supporters are likely point to wins…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":642179,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-642178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=642178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/642179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=642178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=642178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}