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Paul Clement says Swansea have 'shot to nothing' at Cheslea

Gylfi Sigurdsson of Swansea City celebrates
Image: Swansea travel to Stamford Bridge in fine form

Paul Clement returns to former club Chelsea on Saturday demanding a performance from his improving Swansea team.

A dramatic improvement under Clement since his arrival in January has seen Swansea climb from four points from safety to four points clear of the relegation zone.

Clement, who spent nine years as a coach at Stamford Bridge, says his team can approach a game at the Premier League leaders with nothing to lose and everything to gain.

"We are not daunted by it, we go there confident trying to put on a good performance," he said.

"No one expects us to win. We have our own pressure on us, we have to improve. We are in a decent run and we have to keep that going with a performance even if we cannot get a result.

After watching them win at Crystal Palace on Tuesday, Paul Clement's Swansea side lost in his first game in charge
Image: Paul Clement says Swansea have nothing to lose at Chelsea

"People may see it as a shot to nothing for us. That might have been the case going to Liverpool and Manchester City, but I think they would say we gave them hard games.

"In both games we worked very hard and I think we could give anyone a difficult game in this moment."

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Clement does, however, want Swansea to earn enough points quickly to avoid a painful last few weeks of the season.

"We have 13 games to go and we have to avoid suffering at the end of the season," he added. "We have to keep winning and moving up the table," he said.

"We don't want to need four points from two games at the end because that is massive pressure, so we need to take every chance to get points and the next one is on Saturday."

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