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Swansea City 1–3 Tottenham Hotspur

A dramatic late show from Tottenham stunned the Liberty Stadium last night as Swansea City plunged into the Premier League relegation zone in heart-breaking fashion.

With 87 minutes up on the clock, The Swans led 1-0 thanks to a first half goal from Wayne Routledge, on a night the winger broke the club’s Premier League appearance record.

And his strike seemed set to secure a famous and much needed victory – before Dele Alli levelled with two minutes left and then incredibly, Son Heung-Min and Christian Eriksen sealed the Spurs win in injury time.

Sunday’s goalless draw with Middlesbrough had ramped up the pressure on Paul Clement’s men to get a result against a side they had never beaten in the Premier League, and the tension amongst the home players was evident early on.

First, Leroy Fer gifted possession to Moussa Sissoko, who broke down the right and played in Son, but his shot from the edge of the area deflected away to safety.

Moments later it was Alfie Mawson who was guilty of loose play, and this time it was Son who teed up Sissoko, but his cross was well blocked by Federico Fernandez.

But The Swans did then get a foothold, and after Fer blasted over from long range, Spurs were forced to clear away three quick-fire Gylfi Sigurdsson corners.

And 11 minutes in the home side struck, as keeper Lukasz Fabianski’s long punt up-field found Jordan Ayew, who showed quick feet to beat former Swansea man Ben Davies before crossing for Routledge to score from close range.

But that sparked a short spell of dominance from the visitors, and Kyle Walker, who enjoyed ample space down the right flank in the early stages, flashed a low ball across goal before Dele Ali’s acrobatic effort drifted off target.

At that stage The Swans were camped deep in their own half, but they withstood further pressure before breaking upfield and Tom Carroll played in Ayew, but he was crowded out inside the area.

The latter then had a cross crucially blocked with an unmarked Sigurdsson waiting at the back post.

Spurs fashioned another good opening before the break when a Davies cutback was volleyed over by Son, but as news filtered through of Hull leading against Middlesbrough, it was The Swans who took a crucial lead into the break.

Early in the second half it was Mauricio Pochettino’s men who threatened again when Eriksen’s cross was headed back across goal by Davies, and Son’s close range shot was blocked by the outstanding Fernandez, with Spurs players appealing somewhat optimistically for a penalty.

And then it was another of the away side’s former players who nearly double the Swansea lead, as right back Kyle Naughton, later forced off with injury, cut in from his flank and saw his low left foot shot deflected inches wide by Davies.

At the other end Fernandez was again on hand to dispossess Son with a crucially timed tackle, before the striker’s deflected shot was well held by home keeper Lukasz Fabianski.

Clement then chose to introduce young striker Oliver McBurnie for Ayew, and is nearly brought him instant reward as he skipped past Jan Vertonghen and fed Sigurdsson, who opted to try and back heel the ball back into McBurnie’s path and the danger was cleared.

But as the clock wore on, it was Spurs doing all the pressing, and Fabianski was bravely off his line to deny substitute Vincent Janssen as he latched onto Alli’s flick.

It prompted a bizarre few minutes as the Polish No 1 stayed down for treatment, only to get back to his feet after the stretcher was called, prompting a big reaction from both sets of fans for varying reasons.

But the Liberty faithful were glad of his recovery moments later, when he sprang to his left to superbly palm away Alli’s header from point blank range after another pin-point Eriksen cross.

Clement then appeared to try and replace the hobbling keeper with Kristoffer Nordfeldt, but after some confusion, the substitution was cancelled with Fabianski insisting he was fine to carry on.

Regardless, he was powerless to stop the Spurs leveller two minutes from time, as Eriksen’s driven cross deflected off Janssen and into the path of Alli, who tapped in to an empty net at the back post.

And when fourth official Tom Robinson indicated seven minutes of injury time, there was only one side with the momentum and sure enough, after Fabianski was forced into a low save from Janssen’s angled shot – Spurs struck again.

Eriksen’s pass was brilliantly flicked by Janssen into the path of Son, and the striker’s effort found the net despite being partially blocked by the keeper.

The home crowd, who had created a cauldron of noise throughout an intent second half, barely had time to take in what was happening when Spurs scored a third, as Alli played in Eriksen, who turned and cooly placed his effort into the bottom corner for his fourth goal in three visit to the Liberty Stadium.

Tottenham’s late heroics kept their Premier League title hopes alive as they stayed seven points off leaders Chelsea – but for Swansea, the dejection around the stadium at the final whistle signified the precarious position the club are in with just seven league games remaining.

Hull’s eventual 4-2 win leaves Clement’s men 17th and two points off The Tigers, and he now faces the difficult task of picking his players up ahead of another critical game at West Ham on Sunday.

Swansea City: Lukasz Fabianski, Kyle Naughton (Ki Sung-Yeung 72), Federico Fernandez, Alfie Mawson, Martin Olsson, Leroy Fer, Jack Cork, Tom Carroll, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Wayne Routledge (Luciano Narsingh 93), Jordan Ayew (Oliver McBurnie 74).

Subs not used: Kristoffer Nordfeldt, Stephen Kingsley, Jordi Amat, Jefferson Montero.

Tottenham Hotspur: Michel Vorm, Kyle Walker, Toby Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Ben Davies (Georges-Kevin N’Koudou 79), Eric Dier, Mousa Dembele, Moussa Sissoko (Vincent Janssen 61), Dele Alli, Christian Eriksen, Son Heung-Min (Kieran Trippier 93).

Subs not used: Pau Lopez, Josh Onomah, Kevin Wimmer, Cameron Carter-Vickers.

Referee: Jonathan Moss.

Assistants: Simon Bennett and Eddie Smart.

Fourth official: Tim Robinson.

Attendance: 20, 855.