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Swansea's 2-0 win over Sunderland put pressure on their relegation rivals, and although they couldn't have known it at the time, effectively saved the club from relegation given Hull's capitulation at Crystal Palace on Sunday.
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Getting the early goal was hugely important, striker Fernando Llorente converting a Gylfi Sigurdsson delivery for a league-best seventh player-to-player connection this season. Sunderland were poor, but with so much at stake, Swansea could still have been forgiven for playing with nerves.