the big challenge for mauricio pochettino now is to ensure his first season as tottenham manager doesn’t fade into obscurity there looks little danger of that on the evidence of wednesday night’s win over swansea last week was one to forget following spurs’ europa league exit to fiorentina and capital one cup final defeat by chelsea tottenham winger andros townsend celebrates after firing home the third goal against swansea city  mason’s goal was his first in the premier league and came in his 20th league game of the season pochettino now must concentrate on qualifying for next season’s champions league; that, after all, was his brief upon taking the job and his players refused to sulk after their wembley heartache as goals from nacer chadli, ryan mason and andros townsend secured a vital win, though they were forced to endure a late swansea rally ‘we have a group of players whose mentality is to fight until the end of the season,’ said pochettino ‘i think in florence and in the final we deserved more, but we have shown we are alive and growing’ in front of a procession of spurs legends, including alan mullery, pat jennings and ossie ardiles, there was a minute’s applause for tottenham legend dave mackay, who passed away this week tottenham midfielder ryan mason lashed in a right footed shot for the second against swansea city  nacer chadli (left) beats swansea goalkeeper lukasz fabianski to score the opening goal  ki sung yueng stole in to prod home from an acute angle for swansea equaliser  swansea's gylfi sigurdsson reduced the deficit, volleying home a jefferson montero cross  tottenham hotspur (4 2 3 1): lloris 6; walker 7, dier 65, vertonghen 6, rose 7 (davies 78); bentaleb 7, mason 75; townsend 7 (dembele 64min, 6), eriksen 7, chadli 7; kane 65 (soldado 76) subs not used: chiriches, paulinho, lamela, vorm,  booked: dier manager: mauricio pochettino 75 swansea city (4 3 2 1): fabianski 5; naughton 5, fernandez 55, williams 6, taylor 6; ki 7, cork 6, shelvey 65 (montero 73, 6); sigurdsson 65, routledge 65; gomis 5 (oliveira 12, 6) subs not used: amat, britton, emnes, rangel, tremmel manager: garry monk 65 man of the match: ryan mason referee: michael oliver 7 att: 34,008  the flowing move which led to nacer chadli scoring the opening goal for tottenham in the 3 2 victory against swansea city on wednesday night click here for more brilliant stats and heat maps from white hart lane a host of tottenham greats joined in a minute's applause for club legend dave mackay  the emotional tribute took place before wednesday night's premier league encounter  tottenham and swansea players join in a minute's applause for legend mackay, who died on monday evening  mackay won the fa cup with tottenham three times, in 1961, 1962 and 1967  the sombre mood carried into the game but with an outside chance of a top four finish, spurs tried to breathe life into their season in the seventh minute when chadli sent a neat volley past lukasz fabianski from danny rose’s cross finally, there was noise emanating from white hart lane that was quickly replaced by a stunned silence after eyes clocked gomis, all alone, collapsed in the centre circle both sets of medical staff sprinted on to attend to the stricken striker gomis received five minutes of treatment gradually the worried expressions lifted, a clear sign that this wasn’t as serious an incident as that of fabrice muamba’s cardiac arrest at white hart lane three years ago the incident only added to the subdued atmosphere, and when ki sung yueng converted from a tight angle in the 18th minute, the decibel levels — but for a small corner of visiting fans — dropped further spurs supporters needn’t have worried, though, as mason and townsend scored before the hour they were, though, forced to endure a hairy final five minutes after gylfi sigurdsson smashed home a volley in the 88th minute to set up a grandstand finish and hugo lloris produced a breathtaking save deep into three minutes of stoppage time to ensure spurs returned to winning ways bafetimbi gomis lies face down on the pitch after collapsing during  swansea's game withtottenham  tottenham midfielder nabil bentalib (right) holds his head in his hands as gomis is taken off on a stretcher  gomis, who has a history of blacking out, is taken off the field on a stretcher at white hart lane 
bafetimbi gomis' white hart lane swansea nacer chadli's gomis ki sung yueng ryan mason andros townsend spurs gylfi sigurdsson jefferson montero
bafetimbi gomis' collapse had those inside white hart lane fearing the worst . the swansea forward went down after nacer chadli's wonderful opener in the seventh minute . it later emerged that gomis was fine and had not been hospitalised after fainting . ki sung yueng drew parity but ryan mason and andros townsend made it 3 1 for spurs . gylfi sigurdsson scored a late consolation, volleying home a jefferson montero cross 