"I felt the player were a little bit relaxed in trainings and it seems I had to remind them that we are not safe yet and that we need to win more points to remain in the top flight," the former ENPPI boss told FilGoal.com.

Ittihad stunned third-placed Gaish to go four points clear above fourteenth-placed Telecom Egypt.

With three matches left to play, the Alexandrian side climbed to the 10th place with 29 points.

"We have a very important match against Suez Cement on Thursday and we need to get any points to secure our survival," added Basri.

Ittihad will have to do without Mahmoud Sobhi and Mahmoud Shokri who are banned from this game and injured Khamis Gaafar.