Middlesbrough's Stewart Downing brings the ball down against Swansea on Sunday.
Paul Clement's side remain in 17th, one point above the drop zone while Boro are still in 19th place, five points from safety.
Middlesbrough head coach Steve Agnew was happy with his team's battling goalless draw at Swansea City on Sunday.
Fernando Llorente joined Swansea City from Sevilla for an undisclosed fee in August 2016.
But Clement wants more than the 42 points West Ham were relegated with at the end of the 2002-03 season - the most that any side has gone down with in a 38-game campaign. Boro defended their box well given the amount of crosses we put in, it was a big physical effort from the players.
We have eight more games - lots of opportunities to pick up valuable points - and why not on Wednesday night against Spurs?
Clement felt that Gylfi Sigurdsson's 86th-minute free-kick had struck the flailing arm of Adam Clayton in the Boro wall as Swansea bombarded the visitors in the closing stages.
Middlesbrough's away records this season have now been especially worrying, understanding that Boro are yet to record a win on the highway considering that the opening Premier League see this year at Sunderland.
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But referee Bobby Madley frustrated Clement and the majority of fans inside the Liberty Stadium crowd when he pointed for a corner rather than to the penalty spot.
"I spent some time with Steve and Jason on their last trip here in January, but it was only brief", Clement said.
"That is not to say Jordan Ayew did not play well".
"From half-time I was thinking about what we could do to change the game but, the more I watched it, the more I thought we were doing enough defensively and doing enough offensively as well".
Boro's threat was also fleeting in a first period that started brightly but quietened down as both teams began to settle.
When they did find a way through, Spaniard Victor Valdes showed why he is still an outstanding goalkeeper at 35. Swansea happen to be held to no goals last time out, as well as one shot on goal against the third worst defence in the league.
The 27-year-old raised speculation of a move while he was away on global duty, even though he extended his Swansea contract last summer until June 2020.
But Gestede wasted an even better chance at the death when he sent his far-post header wide.
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