Alan Curtis: Swansea City assistant says they need to remedy ‘calamitous’ defending

But the win over Crystal Palace may just be what Bradley needed to truly get his Swansea team behind him.

Alvaro Sanchez scored two goals for his side in the 13th minute and in the 71st minute.

The Blackcats are now bottom of the league table and I must admit after fighting relegation battle for many years this could be the year they finally go down.

The victory propelled Swansea above Sunderland at the bottom of the table, and they’re now only three points away from safety. The match was then turned on its head – when James Tomkins headed in, followed by a Jack Cork own goal and a Christian Benteke strike, making it an exciting 3-4 to Palace.

But the mood changed inside the Liberty Stadium when Jason Puncheon was adjudged to have fouled Cork on the edge of the area.

Positive for Aitor Karanka’s men is that they don’t concede sloppy goals and have a good defensive record which is very fital in fight for survival. The confidence and belief the players must have got from the way they won that game at the end has to inspire them going into the next few games now – all completely winnable and Spurs apart – are all against bottom half sides. Fernando Llorente – just off the bench in time for a corner at Bob Bradley’s insistence – forces a block from Yohan Cabaye and the Dutchman puts in the follow-up.

“He (Bradley) has seen me play in other teams and knows I can do a lot of things”.

10 of Palace’s last 12 goals have come after the interval, meanwhile, indicating that they tend to grow into games as they wear on.

With three of their next four league games against Southampton, Manchester United and Chelsea, it’s understandable to see odd on quotes for his departure coming next.

Palace would jump out to a 1-0 lead, but Swansea hit back with three straight goals.

Pardew could have been forgiven had he made a decision to break out a version of his now-infamous touchline dance when 3-3 became 3-4 two minutes later, as Benteke turned home Scott Dann’s knock-down to put Palace within sight of a huge win.

The Premier League gave us some classic “Best League in the World” action this weekend, with goals so frequent only one side managed a clean sheet. We need to enjoy this but it can’t be something where we just take the good part without looking at it deeper because you won’t win matches every day.