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Jack Cork says Swansea 'mentally stronger' under Paul Clement

Jack Cork says 'times are a changing' at Swansea City
Image: Jack Cork says 'the times are a changing' at Swansea City

Jack Cork says Swansea's mentality has changed for the better since Paul Clement arrived at the club.

Clement became Swansea's third manager this season, at the start of January, after Francesco Guidolin and Bob Bradley paid the price for poor results.

The appointment of Carlo Ancelotti's assistant at Chelsea, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich was considered a considerable risk by many commentators.

Clement's only previous spell in management was an eight-month stint at Derby, which ended abruptly in February 2016.

New Swansea City manager Paul Clement poses for a picture after his unveiling at the Liberty Stadium
Image: New Swansea manager Paul Clement at the Liberty Stadium

But three wins in four games have lifted Swansea two clear points of the relegation zone.

Speaking ahead of Sunday's trip to the Etihad Stadium to face Manchester City, Cork said: "We looked good in certain periods of the first half of the season.

"We always seemed to do all right, but we conceded the first goal and then our heads dropped.

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"But it looks a bit different now. Look at the Palace, Liverpool and Southampton games when we conceded, we managed to push on.

"We're not giving up and we need to keep pushing."

It looks a bit different now. When we conceded, we managed to push on
Jack Cork

As for facing City, he added: "We should be confident and we want to put in the same performance that we did at Liverpool, because we need to keep winning.

"We feel like we're organised, have a good shape and we can get goals. It's not ideal how we started the season, but at least we're showing some form now."

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