De Vries has himself held his hands up and admitted responsibility for what appeared to be two soft goals at Selhurst Park that handed the Swans their first defeat in over a month.
A free kick and a shot from outside the area both beat the keeper with media pundits saying that he could have done better – a sentiment backed up by the goalkeeper instead.
But if Roberto was blaming the Dutchman he was doing it in private as he told the Western Mail “I don’t blame Dorus – we win and lose as a team
“You can analyse every goal and find the responsibility from players.
“It’s great you’ve got someone with the maturity and accept mistakes which tells you about the player – but I don’t see it that way.
“As a team we didn’t perform as we could and that’s why we didn’t get anything out of the game.
“Dorus has shown once more how responsible he is and his character as a leader that he will hold his hand up.
“He will react in the best possible way against Derby and will keep on saving a lot of points for this football club as he has been doing for a long, long time now.”
