Gylfi Sigurdsson’s delightful first-half volley secured a 1-0 victory and took Swansea to the points total generally regarded as enough for top-flight survival.
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‘Everyone in the dressing room was unhappy because we played well, ‘ said the Brazilian.
“I prefer to give chances to people playing less frequently and then having the risk of defeat”. With a new manager coming in the pressure will be on him to win games and it might take a while to bring through some of the youngsters.
“At a club like this, you have to show what you are capable of”.
The Welsh club’s good run has coincided with Sigurdsson’s own form improving in the second half of the campaign.
Chelsea announced earlier this week that Conte will be taking over after leading Italy at Euro 2016 in France this summer.
“Yes, I think so”.
Bosnian keeper Asmir Begovic starts in goal for Chelsea who are without a string of players, including captain John Terry while Alexandre Pato makes his first start as striker with Diego Costa suspended. “I don’t think they had it in mind to look to next season”, Hiddink said.
That said, this stat alone is sufficient to suggest that odds of 11/4 on a home win are short and Swansea have only beaten Chelsea once in nine previous Premier League encounters, losing six, including five of the clubs’ last six meetings. “No. If you don’t materialise those, there is a law in football everyone knows which is that you can get in trouble, which we did not long after, going 1-0 down”.
The Blues (11-11-9) aim to extend that streak Saturday when they travel to the Liberty Stadium to battle Swansea City.
“Hopefully I can get the next one by the end of season and get one over Bony”.
“We were thinking maybe “it will come”. I will continue to focus on my job with the Italian national team and will reserve speaking about Chelsea again until after the Euros”.
“We were only missing one thing today”.
“It’s a very important win for our fans”.
“I also thought Gylfi was excellent”.
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“This is the first victory in the Premier League for Swansea against Chelsea and I am happy and proud. We had chances to score goals but we didn’t and when you lose it’s difficult”, Oscar was quoted as saying by Chelsea’s official website.
