Swansea City AFC were in London for their midweek EPL fixture against defending champions Chelsea. The Welsh side were in desperately poor form, having secured just one point and scored only two goals in their last five league games.

Manager Paul Clement said at the weekend, he didn’t believe he would be sacked if his team lost against Bournemouth. They had managed a goalless draw against the Cherries, but his words were eerily similar to Tony Pulis’s, just before West Bromwich Albion lost 4 – 0 to Chelsea – and Mr. Pulis lost his job.

Some of the circumstances were in Swansea’s favour though – Chelsea had just completed a run of three consecutive away games in seven days, including a couple of six-hour flights to and from Azerbaijan for a champions league fixture. The London club also had a relatively lengthy list of players that were either injured, or had just returned from injury, still lacking match fitness. Perhaps Swansea could take advantage. […]