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Alan Sheehan says Swansea City are happy heading into the final stages of the Championship season because they do not need help from elsewhere to ensure they stay in the division.
Swansea are six points clear of the relegation places with eight games remaining in what has turned into another arduous campaign for the Welsh club.
The gap to 22nd place was as big as 12 points only two games ago, but successive defeats – coupled with the successes of others – mean Swansea are looking over their shoulders as they prepare for Saturday's daunting trip to Leeds United (15:00 GMT).
Caretaker head coach Sheehan, who will stay in charge for the rest of the season having taken seven points from his five games since the departure of Luke Williams, says Swansea's challenge is to maintain the sort of performance levels on show since he took the reins.
"Everybody is fighting for their lives down there," Sheehan said.
"I think the most important thing is it is in our hands what we do. The challenge is to be the best version of ourselves and in the five-game block [before the international break], I think we've been close to that on four occasions.
"I think where we are at the moment, we need to keep doing what we are doing but become better at it."
Sheehan says a visit to Elland Road means "probably the toughest game you're going to get in the Championship".
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Swansea have won only once on their travels since early December, when Josh Tymon's goal sealed victory at Bristol City on 9 February.
Leeds, meanwhile, have won 15 of their 19 home league fixtures this season, with their only second-tier defeat on their patch coming against Burnley back in September.
"In possession and out of possession, apart from a couple of areas to improve, I think statistically we have been very strong," Sheehan added.
"I think we just need to keep that aggression and robustness and that intent that we want to play fast, attacking football, but there are different ways and different spaces to attack different opposition.
"Leeds are an elite team for this division so to be beat them you have to be perfect in the big moments. When the big moments come, you have to take them."
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