Paul Clement has urged Swansea City to put their agonising defeat to Tottenham behind them and focus of the relegation run-in.
Wayne Routledge’s 11th-minute opener against his former club gave the Swans the lead up until the 88th minute on Wednesday, before three late Spurs goals stunned the Liberty Stadium in a 3-1 away win.
The defeat allowed Hull to climb out of the relegation zone at Swansea’s expense, and leave Clement’s men with just seven games to secure their top-flight status.
“It’s very tight at the moment,” the Swans boss said. “There are seven games left for us, games we believe we can win.
“If we perform like we did tonight it can give us confidence. It was just that last moments of the game we couldn’t see out.
“It’s the reality of our profession. You have to deal with good and bad performances, positive results and negative results.
“We are in a difficult situation. Hull had a good result tonight, Palace not so good and us not so good.
“We have to move on very quickly to the next game, we have a massive two games away to West Ham and Watford and we have to pick up points.”
Spurs dominated possession but a resilient Swansea defensive display prevented the visitors from creating many clear-cut chances.
To Clement’s disappointment, once Dele Alli had equalised two minutes from time the floodgates opened, allowing Heung-Min Son and Christian Eriksen to snatch victory for Spurs.
“We played really well for the majority of the game,” he added.
“We didn’t have many chances but got off to a really good start when a ball over the top and [Jordan] Ayew did tremendously well to slot in Routledge.
“Then it was about defending with a good shape, tight between the lines and making it difficult for Spurs to get the spaces they like in the middle of the field. We did well for so long.
“We had another massive chance with Naughton but his shot went wide of the post. Then there was the madness of the final parts of the game.
“First Fabianski made a great save, got hurt and we wasn’t sure whether or not he was going to come off.
“Then he made a great save from Alli’s header and at that point there was 10 minutes to see it out and we couldn’t quite do that.
“There was a slight deflection on their first goal but even at that point we could have got a good result but we couldn’t hang on.”
Swansea skipper Jack Cork said: “We have to keep going, keep believing and stick together.
“We cannot think about this now. It’s horrible for everyone at the club but we have to keep our heads up and move on. We all need to stick together. We have all pulled together already this season and now we have to do the same again.
“We seemed comfortable going into the last five or 10 minutes. We felt we had things under control. They were restricted to shooting from distance and it was one from the edge of the box which deflected and it’s ended up in the back of the net. That seems to have happened to us a few times this season.
“Then we ended up losing a second goal and a third. That happened earlier in the season too – one goal leading to another. We need to cut that out. We have to get back to the sort of form we were showing in January and February. We have to be solid and organised.”
