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Vitor Matos is confident there will be no Snoop Dogg hangover when Swansea City face high-flying Ipswich Town on Saturday (15:00 GMT).
Swansea make the long trip to Portman Road at the end of a three-game week which has so far brought four points from home fixtures against Bristol City and Preston North End.
But this was no average Championship spell, with Swansea in the spotlight thanks to Snoop Dogg's visit to Wales.
The rap superstar, a co-owner of Swansea since last July, visited the club's training ground on Monday before some players were pictured at a party he hosted that night.
Snoop Dogg then watched Matos' side in action against Preston, meaning a run-of-the-mill second-tier fixture became headline news.
Despite the circus which came with Snoop's visit, Matos insists his players' focus is on Ipswich.
"There's nothing related with the past," Swansea's head coach said.
"We need to look to the next hurdle and the next one is Ipswich."
Having been relegated from the Premier League last season, Ipswich are firmly in the race for a return to the top flight.
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Kieran McKenna's side – who were 4-1 victors in Alan Sheehan's final game in charge of Swansea in November – are fourth in the table, six points adrift of the automatic promotion places with two games in hand.
They have lost only one of 16 home league fixtures this season, when Charlton claimed a shock 3-0 success in Suffolk in October.
Swansea, meanwhile, have struggled on their travels – but Matos insists they will go in search of victory.
"That's why we are here - we never change that," he said.
"I think they are one of the better teams in the league - that's what the table says as well - but that's good because that's what we want.
"You want to compete against everyone and this is another game to do that."
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