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Swansea come away with a point but sorely missed Llorente's firepower

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Paul Clement felt that the pressures of relegation played into Swansea and Middlesbrough's scoreless draw.

An uninspired Swansea ground out an inadequate goalless draw against relegation rivals Middlesbrough on Sunday, and were not helped by manager Paul Clement's inexplicable reluctance to use any substitutes.

Positives

A clean sheet is always a bonus, but it's somewhat less of an achievement against the league's worst attack. Swansea's own attack was cut off due to Fernando Llorente having picked up an ankle injury, but the rest of the team actually played well enough.