Swansea City 2-1 Sunderland – Ollie Cooper on his first goal

Sunday, 9 October 2022, 9:57
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The Swans are flying high again in the Championship and Swansea product Ollie Cooper is a key reason for that after he scored his first league goal in the Swans 2-1 win over Sunderland that gave us a fourth consecutive Championship win.

Cooper was aided slightly by the help of a deflection but it did not take away the elation of seeing the ball hitting the back of the net and setting the team on the way to that win that sees us move to within three points of the league leaders.

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It has capped an incredible few weeks for Cooper and the Swans with the young midfielder showing himself to be a vital part of Russell Martin’s squad and hopefully – from our point of view – a fixture for many years to come.

So it was little surprise that he talked up the goal after the game and reflected back on what he hoped would be the first goal of many.

โ€œMy first league goal has been a long time coming so Iโ€™m delighted to finally get the ball in the back of the net,” Cooper told the official Swans site.

โ€œI think weโ€™re a young group and I feel like game management is something weโ€™ve definitely improved,โ€ he said.

โ€œYou can see that in the last couple of games. Not only have we won them, weโ€™ve scored goals late so hopefully, weโ€™ve turned a corner.

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โ€œTo get a win is what we needed originally, and then we just take it game by game but to go into a game on the back of five wins in six is incredible. You just go into games with confidence in yourself and in the team.

โ€œThe fans are massive in every game we play, they create an amazing atmosphere and that really helps you on the pitch.

โ€œWe need to keep this going for as long as possible.โ€

Images courtesy of Getty Images, Athena Picture Agency and Swansea City Football Club.

Phil Sumbler

Been watching the Swans since the very late 1970s and running the Planet Swans website (in all its current and previous guises since the summer of 2001 As it stood JackArmy.net was right at the forefront of some of the activity against Tony Petty back in 2001, breaking many of the stories of the day as fans stood against the actions where the local media failed. Was involved with the Swans Supporters Trust from 2005, for the large part as Chairman before standing down in the summer of 2020.

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