Bob Bradley says Swansea must learn to keep heads at 1-0 down after West Brom defeat
Wednesday 14 December 2016 23:01, UK
Bob Bradley acknowledged Swansea need to stop conceding goals in clusters after his side were beaten 3-1 at West Brom.
Salomon Rondon headed a hat-trick in the space of 13 second-half minutes as a Premier League game even until the break quickly got away from the visitors.
It was not the first time a flurry of goals has cost Swansea under Bradley: Manchester United scored three in 18 minutes at the Liberty Stadium last month while Tottenham's first three goals in a 5-0 win spanned just 10 minutes.
Swansea remain in the bottom three ahead of Saturday's trip to Middlesbrough, the team immediately above them.
And Bradley said: "We just need to play at 1-0 at find our way back in the game, but that is somemthing that's hurt us a few times - we quickly give up the next goal.
"So...concentration if you go down - if you can keep it at 1-0 and keep trying to get back into it with the right football, then you have a chance. That's an area where we clearly have to get better."
Wayne Routledge's reply 12 minutes from time did spark a late flurry of chances as Borja Baston volleyed wide and Ben Foster kept out his own man Gareth McAuley.
"That's what I'd like to have seen at 1-0," Bradley said. "Get back to playing our football, don't give away anything else and believe as the game goes on you'll get chances.
"We certainly had chances to get to 3-2 which would have made it interesting, so there's something positive there. I still think we're making progress and if we can finish with a good result it's a big, positive week."
