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Bradley: I won’t back down
- Updated: December 17, 2016
Under-pressure Swansea City manager Bob Bradley insists he has no intention of considering his position despite a 3-0 defeat at Middlesbrough which will leave his side second bottom of the Premier League at Christmas.
Two first-half goals from Alvaro Negredo and a 58th-minute effort from Marten de Roon boosted Boro’s own survival chances and left Swansea reeling from a second straight defeat after Wednesday’s 3-1 loss at the Hawthorns.
Some among Swansea’s small travelling contingent made their anger plain towards the end of the game, but American Bradley is adamant two upcoming home games give him the chance to turn his side’s season around.
“I go in motivated every day and I’ve said many times I like the group of players, I love the club and now it’s a challenge,” he said. “When I came here I knew what I was getting into and I’m not backing down from it now.
“That’s the challenge – when the team has put itself in a tough spot everybody has got to stick together during the toughest …