Phil SumblerSteve Cooper was clearly not in agreement with the penalty decision that cost his side a win at Bristol City this afternoon.
Connor Roberts was adjudged to have committed a foul whilst on the floor to give Nakhi Wells the chance to score the equaliser when it was starting to look like Jamal Lowe’s second half goal was going to be enough to secure all three points and lift the Swans to second in the table.
When a decision like that is made, it’s hard to keep your mouth shut on it, to be honest.
That decision, there is nothing you can do to make it better. There’s nothing you can coach or say or do in preparation to make that better.
It’s so hard to get points in this league, so to get a decision like what when we were so comfortable in the game. It’s a difficult one to take, to be honest.
It doesn’t feel like a good point, we feel a bit hard done by, but we have to take the positives from the game. – Steve Cooper
Opposite number Dean Holden though was of the opinion that his side deserved the point but was in agreement on the penalty which is a refreshing view to hear from a manager who has benefitted from the decision.
I’ve watched it [the penalty] back and if I’m being honest, I don’t think it’s a penalty. I think the boy has fallen over and caught Antoine – whether he’s meant to catch him I don’t know – but we should have had a stonewall penalty on Tuesday night [against Middlesbrough] and these things even themselves out.
We got back into the game, four strikers up top to try and get back into it. When we lost Sess [Steven Sessegnon], rather than go like-for-like with another right-back we went with an extra striker to try and get back into the game and it was pleasing to do that. – Dean Holden
