Planet Swans ArchivesThat progress was courtesy of a Wayne Rooney hat-trick with his first goals for the club since April and coming at a perfect time as he prepares to go after the all time England goalscoring record against Switzerland and San Marino.
The Swans will though be looking to ensure that his Premier League drought continues – Rooney has not scored in the league for nine games and we will be desperate to make that ten on Sunday by nullifying the threat that he poses.
And Garry Monk believes that he has found a way of doing that and it is easy to see how he believes that as he does have a habit of neutralising the attacking threat of the bigger names in the division and we certainly have seen evidence over the last 18 months of a great unity in defence against these teams.
Monk said: รขโฌลWith Wayne Rooney, you have to be prepared for him at his best.
รขโฌลIn midweek, he showed what he is capable of รขโฌโ and we need to prepare for him to play like that.
รขโฌลI think service is the key to any goal. A player wonรขโฌโขt score a goal on his own, unless he gets it off the keeper and dribbles through the whole team.
รขโฌลWe have a way that we think may nullify them รขโฌโ but we have to defend as a team and get through the tough periods.รขโฌย
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