Stephen Kingsley wants to continue his winning streak as the hot new talent at Swansea City.
The young Scottish defender is desperate to play against Manchester City on Sunday when he could claim his fourth successive victory.
Kingsley, 21, has been a late season discovery for the Swans – and every time he has featured, the team have won. Victories over Aston Villa and Arsenal were followed by the stunning 4-1 triumph at West Ham last Saturday.
“It’s a stat I am very proud of,” said Kingsley. “Hopefully I can be involved in the last game of the season next weekend against Manchester City and make it four out of four.
“If someone told me at the beginning of the season I would be involved in three wins out of three Premier League games, I would have snapped their arm off.
“I am very proud, but it is just the beginning. Hopefully I can kick on and get more first-team games under my belt.”
Back in December, Swansea were in the relegation zone and appeared in deep trouble with Newcastle, Norwich, Bournemouth, West Brom, Crystal Palace, Everton and Watford all above them in the table.
Now, all those clubs are beneath the 11-placed Swans, who could even finish as high as ninth if they win on Sunday and other results go in their favour.
Three more points would take Francesco Guidolin’s team up to 49 points and represent their second-best Premier League campaign – eclipsed only by last season’s eighth-placed finish.
Midfielder Jack Cork, who has been a mainstay of the team during the revival, says the squad deserve credit for the turnaround.
“We had a terrible period near Christmas and football is all about confidence at times,” said Cork.
“But you can’t take the Premier League for granted. To be where we are is a great achievement for this club.
“To do what we did last season was amazing. To be comfortably safe now is good for the club. We had a period where we were down the bottom with Norwich, Villa, Bournemouth and teams around us.
“We knew we needed to get some results against teams around us at the time and we managed to do that.
“We worked hard to get some good results and then two games put us back towards the end of the table and that’s where we didn’t want to be.
“But we wanted to prove we haven’t had a bad season and wanted to finish mid-table and as high as we can. Our previous two away performances had been pretty bad and we wanted to put it right.”
Despite the upsurge since he took over, Guidolin is still unsure whether he will remain in charge beyond the end of the season, when his short-term contract runs out.
