Ian Gordon

Ashley Williams fears 40 points might not be enough for Swansea City in their Premier League survival fight.

The Swans have 27 points with just 12 games left after seeing their four match unbeaten run ended by Southampton at the Liberty Stadium.

That leaves them three points above the relegation zone ahead of two difficult away games against title chasing Tottenham and Arsenal.

Williams, 31, admitted: “I haven’t got a clue how many points we’ll need, the league’s crazy this year so who knows?

“We want to get as many as we can as quick as possible and hopefully we’ll be okay. But this season is different.

“You normally say 40 points. It might be less but it might even be more. Everybody’s picking up wins in unexpected places and times.

“It’s not the season to be down there, I do know that. But this is where we find ourselves.

“We have to concentrate on what we need to do and get out of trouble.”

Williams revealed the Swans did not know relegation rivals Sunderland had beaten Manchester United at lunch-time on Saturday.

But he insisted they have to focus on their own game and try and put together another unbeaten after suffering a first defeat under Francesco Guidolin.

The Swansea captain added: “When we turned it off it was 1-1 at Sunderland.

“It’s obvious you’re going to try and keep track of the rest of the teams, but them winning is not extra pressure.

“They’re doing what they’re doing and we’ve got to concentrate on what we’re doing

“We’re not in the bottom three so it’s on us to try and move up the league.

“We’ve been happy with the gradual progress we’ve made since Christmas time.

“It’s disappointing that the little run we were on has come to an end.

“This defeat is going to hurt for a while and we’ll sit on this one for a bit longer than normal because there’s no game next week.

“We have to put a run together.

“The next two games are difficult ones obviously, but if you can’t get points at home you have to look to get them somewhere else and we’ll be looking to pick them up there.

“It’s about regrouping now.”