Clement had just watched the demolition of our Serie A visitors when he spoke to the official site about the progress his side had made since returning to training at the start of last month.

รขโ‚ฌล“I am really happy with the way things have gone in pre-season,รขโ‚ฌย the Swans manager said.

รขโ‚ฌล“We have worked hard and we have improved after making a slow start, which can happen.

รขโ‚ฌล“We got a lot of work in while we were in America without really playing at our best.

รขโ‚ฌล“We then did some good things last week against Birmingham and today we played a really good side who were only narrowly beaten by Manchester United the other night.

รขโ‚ฌล“I know they made a lot of changes today, and perhaps the second goal was the sort of gift you donรขโ‚ฌโ„ขt normally expect.

รขโ‚ฌล“But we were dangerous on the counter-attack in the first half, we scored from two set-plays and we got a little bit more control of the game in the second half.@

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