SWANSEA, Wales — Struggling manager Bob Bradley had his best day so far in the English Premier League as Swansea beat fellow cellar-dwellar Sunderland 3-0 to move out of the relegation zone on Saturday.

The American coach came into the home game with only one win in his seven matches in charge, and Swansea at the bottom of the league table.

But the Swans surged to their biggest win of the season with three goals after the interval — a second-half penalty from Gylfi Sigurdsson and a double from Fernando Llorente.

The win moves Swansea up three places to 17th with 12 points from 15 games. It will drop back into danger if West Ham gets a point or more at Liverpool on Sunday.

"It's a nice bonus to be out of the bottom three, but the work is still there and we can't get ahead of ourselves," Bradley said. "Players used the word 'pride' a lot when we talked this week. We asked what it looks like on the pitch — intensity, clean sheets — but don't just talk about it, turn it into something more.

"At the end of that, you can look at the table for a few seconds and say you're not there yet. But it looks better than last week. This is a step but we have to build upon it."

After a scoreless first half, the game turned on a 51st-minute incident when Jason Denayer was judged to have handled Wayne Routledge's cross.

Sigurdsson sent the spot kick down the middle for his sixth goal of the season.

Three minutes later, Sigurdsson turned provider as Llorente swept home a corner directed low into the penalty area.

Jordan Pickford produced fine stops to prevent Modou Barrow and Jordi Amat extending Swansea's lead.

But the Sunderland goalkeeper had no answer when Llorente met Jefferson Montero's cross 10 minutes from time.

"There's a good understanding with Gylfi playing underneath him," Bradley said of Llorente, a World Cup winner with Spain. "His presence, his experience as a winner. ... Every manager loves players who have been part of winning teams.

"They have the right mentality and can bring experiences from that winning culture into the training ground and dressing room."

Sunderland is bottom with 11 points despite three wins in its last five games.