Planet Swans ArchivesMonk watched his side take the lead halfway through the first half thanks to Nathan Dyer but we failed to build on our superiority at that point and in the second half were forced to defend strongly against a Burnley side looking for their first point since their return to the Premier League.
Monk says the Swans were aware of what was coming in the second half and he said that his team were ‘magnificent’ in the way that they held Burnley out and secured the three points to follow up our famous win at Old Trafford last week.
รขโฌลIt was a very hard fought three points,รขโฌย admitted the Swans boss. รขโฌลWe talked at half-time about how Burnley would come and throw everything at us.
รขโฌลIn the first half, I felt we pretty much controlled the game and should have got a second.
รขโฌลBut when we werenรขโฌโขt at our fluid best in the second period, we showed a different side to us and dug in.
รขโฌลThere are times when you have to dig in, and I felt the boys were magnificent in that respect.”
Burnley had more attempts at goal than the Swans but just one on target during the game which was kept out by the Swans and a good defensive performance for the second week running was vital in securing the three points. It is ironic that our defence has looked so strong in the last two weeks considering the criticism aimed at it particularly after the defeat to Villarreal and with Federico Fernandez to be added to that it can surely only get stronger?
รขโฌลWe defended very, very well and limited them to one shot on target the whole game.
รขโฌลA lot of that was down to the work we have done in pre-season, which was nice to see.
รขโฌลIt wouldรขโฌโขve been nice to control the game better in the second half but, all in all, we did well.รขโฌย
The Swans attention now turns to the midweek league cup clash with Rotherham on Tuesday where they will look to add cup progression to their excellent league form.
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