Saturday’s briefing: Leeds close on survival and Salah at peace

Leeds are on the verge of securing Premier League survival thanks to a 3-1 win over already-relegated Burnley on Friday night.

Mohamed Salah says he is at ease over his Liverpool exit at the end of the season, while Roberto De Zerbi believes Tottenham are up for the fight in their bid to beat the drop.

Leeds bounced back from their Wembley disappointment by beating already-relegated Burnley 3-1 at Elland Road to take another giant step towards Premier League safety.

Daniel Farke’s side, who lost 1-0 in the FA Cup semi-final to Chelsea last Sunday, took an early lead through Anton Stach’s superb long-range strike before second-half efforts from Noah Okafor and Dominic Calvert-Lewin.

Loum Tchaouna pulled one back for Burnley in the 71st minute but the managerless visitors, who parted company with Scott Parker by mutual consent on Thursday, slipped to a fifth straight league defeat.

Leeds’ third win in four league matches lifted them up to 14th in the table, nine points clear of the bottom three, with their relegation rivals all in action later this weekend.

Departing Liverpool winger Mohamed Salah insists he is at peace with his decision to leave at the end of the season and go out on his own terms.

The Egypt international will end a trophy-laden nine years at Anfield this summer after coming to an agreement with the club to cut short the lucrative two-year contract he signed 12 months ago.

“I feel to go through the season this is the right thing to do now, and I have peace with it,” he said in an interview with former Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard on TNT Sports.

“I’m happy about it, everything that is going on this season makes me like ‘No, it’s time to go’, so I’m happy.”

Roberto De Zerbi has warned Tottenham’s