Another successful weekend for both Everton and Burnley plunged Leeds United into further insecurity towards the bottom of the Premier League. It leaves the Whites just two points outside the relegation zone with their survival fate out of their own hands.
It looked as though Burnley were destined to be the team that would join Norwich and Watford in the Championship next season but their revival under interim boss Mike Jackson has been nothing short of extraordinary. They have picked up 10 points in their last four games and have moved out of the bottom three.
Because of that run of form for the Clarets under new management, former Premier League goalkeeper Thomas Sorensen is worried for Jesse Marsch’s side. When asked on the most recent episode of the GegenPod if Leeds are favourites to go down in his mind, he responded: “Yeah, sadly I think they are. I think Jesse March did well, they’ve actually had a decent run of form but it just happens that the teams around them have done the same.
