{"id":451753,"date":"2018-01-03T04:00:31","date_gmt":"2018-01-03T04:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/01\/03\/jordan-ayew-plays-full-throttle-as-swansea-lose-to-tottenham\/"},"modified":"2018-01-03T04:00:31","modified_gmt":"2018-01-03T04:00:31","slug":"jordan-ayew-plays-full-throttle-as-swansea-lose-to-tottenham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/01\/03\/jordan-ayew-plays-full-throttle-as-swansea-lose-to-tottenham\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordan Ayew plays full throttle as Swansea lose to Tottenham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Wednesday,  3 January 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>footballghana.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-01-03<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/96807858.295.jpg\" alt=\"Jordan Ayew Swan\" title=\"Jordan Ayew Swan\" width=\"295\" height=\"212\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Swansea City striker Jordan Ayew<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817976607\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817976607\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1514952031_91_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Swansea City striker Jordan Ayew saw 90 minutes of action but could not help his side beat Tottenham Hotspurs after losing 2-0 on Tuesday night to Spurs. <\/p>\n<p>The Ghanaian was heavily marked by the defence of Tottenham who knew the danger posed by the attacker, who has scored twice in Swansea&#8217;s last four games.<\/p>\n<p>Striker Fernando Llorente headed home against his former club from what appeared to be an offside position to put the dominant visitors ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Having initially set out to contain Spurs, Swansea grew in belief in the second half and had chances to equalise, most notably when Mike van der Hoorn&#8217;s header hit the post.<\/p>\n<p>But after surviving spells of home pressure, Spurs launched an 89th-minute counter-attack and Kane found Dele Alli, who had his initial shot saved by Lukasz Fabianski before scoring with the rebound.<\/p>\n<p>That ensured Tottenham&#8217;s third successive league win but a first defeat for Swansea under new manager Carlos Carvalhal as the Welsh club stayed at the foot of the table, four points adrift of safety.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 32 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports News of Wednesday, 3 January 2018 Source: footballghana.com 2018-01-03 Swansea City striker Jordan Ayew Swansea City striker Jordan Ayew saw 90 minutes of action but could not help his side beat Tottenham Hotspurs after losing 2-0 on Tuesday night to Spurs. 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