The Everton FC continues their relentless pursuit of Europa league qualification, when the side travels to the Liberty stadium, to take on the relegation fighting Swansea City AFC this Saturday.
Romelu Lukaku: The powerful striker tops the goalscoring charts with 24 goals and will see the trip to Swansea as a good opportunity to put some distance between himself and second placed Harry Kane, who has scored 21 times.
Everton piled on the pressure with corner after corner in the dying moments, but Swansea remained resilient to secure the win.
Swansea thought they should have had a penalty when Gylfi Sigurdsson went down in the box but referee Martin Atkinson was unmoved.
The Toffees haven't lost an away Premier League game against a side occupying the relegation zone since November 2012, a 2-1 defeat at Reading.
Ronald Koeman subbed on Ross Barkley at half-time, as Everton looked for some more control in the final third.
Swansea had chances to double their lead, especially in the 54th minute when Sigurdssson's mis-hit shot went into a crowded area and struck Alfie Mawson.
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Ayew lofted the ball to the back post from a tight area which was begging Llorente to meet with a header, and he was able to beat Jagielka and send Swansea 1-0 up.
At the other end, Stekelenburg produced a fine stop to deny substitute Leroy Fer from making it 2-0 for Swansea, who are unbeaten in three league games.
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Crystal Palace are not safe either after they were drubbed 5-0 by Manchester City and are chances to be playing football in the Sky Bet Championship - they have a four-point cushion over Hull with two games to play. "We haven't scored in our past three games now and that's a problem", the Dutchman told the club's official website. Only the bottom three teams in the league, possesses a worse home record than Swansea AFC this season.
But Llorente was simply relieved after spurning a golden opportunity to grab a last-minute victor in last week's 1-1 draw at Manchester United.
Everton have confirmed on their official website that six first-team players are unavailable to feature in Saturday's Premier League clash with Swansea City, including Morgan Schneiderlin. Matthew Le Tissier also netted 13 without an assist in 96/97.
Jordan Ayew has provided an assist in three of his last six Premier League games (3 assists), this after failing to assist in any of his first 36 in the competition.
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