Williams feels pressure as Swansea slump goes on

Luke Williams took charge at Swansea in January 2023

Luke Williams insisted he will not sulk despite feeling the pressure after Swansea City's "terrible run" of form continued with a 3-1 defeat at Stoke City.

Swansea went in front at the Bet365 Stadium through Stoke old boy Josh Tymon, only for the Potters to turn the contest around thanks to set-piece goals from Wouter Burger and Bae Junho.

Swansea's seventh defeat in their past nine Championship games was sealed in added time when Lewis Baker scored an extraordinary goal from his own half.

When asked whether he is feeling pressure as a result of Swansea's slump in form, head coach Williams said: "Of course I do. I feel pressure whatever position we are in if we don't win a game of football, and of course we are on a terrible run so I feel even worse.

"But there's no point me sulking about it or crying about it. I just need to try to help the group win games.

"Today we have come away from home, we have played well enough to win the game and if not come away with a point, but we have not done that."

Stoke's win over Swansea was just their fifth home league triumph this season

Swansea were ninth and eyeing a potential play-off push after successive post-Christmas home wins over Queens Park Rangers and Luton Town.

But since then they have taken only four points from a possible 27, while they were well beaten in the FA Cup third round at Southampton last month.

A botched January transfer window added to Swansea's misery, with the club struggling to readjust following the sale of playmaker Matt Grimes to Coventry City.

The only good news for Williams' side is that the gap to the bottom three has not narrowed despite this week's defeats to Stoke and Sheffield Wednesday.

"We are eight points away from it so we need to get a few more points on the board," Williams added.

"We have wasted a huge amount of time this season. We have gone from putting ourselves in a decent position pretty much at the halfway point to now not being able to find the level of form or consistency to get points.

"Far too many mistakes have put us in a bad position now."