For the third season running the Swans returned from their first travels of the season with nothing to show for their efforts – despite a saved penalty from Dorus De Vries.
In one of those games that you can safely say was one of two totally different halves, the Swans were deservedly beaten by the side making their return to the second tier after one season in League One.
The Swans were unable to turn Ashley Williams' first half header into anything that resembled points at the end of the game as some tactical changes from Leicester at half time led to them totally dominating a second half where the Swans failed to trouble Chris Weale in the home goal.
It could have been so different had the Swans turned some of their possession advantage in the first half into goals with only Williams bullet header from a Mark Gower corner to show for what was a promising first half for the Swans.
Paulo named his first side as follows:
Dorus
Rangel Monk Williams Tate
Dyer Britton Allen McDonald Gower
Pintado
With Leicester backed by 23000 of their own fans, it was the travelling Jack Army that made the most of the noise in the first half as they vocally backed their team who started the brighter in the warm sunshine that often seems to herald a new football season.
Not quite the fluent football that we saw last season but it was promising enough at times and when Leicester did attack it was the rocks that were Monk and Williams in the first half that saw us never look like conceding during the opening 45 minutes.
At the other end Pintado seemed to be struggling to get into the game throughout but there were strong performances from Dyer, Allen and to an extent Gower who were proving to be a threat to the home defence.
The goal when it came was simplicity itself. Gower's corner was met with perfect timing and power by Ash who found the back of the net with his header to give the Swans the lead. A lead that they held comfortably until the interval. By this time Lopez had replaced the injured Allen but seemed off the pace early doors in his competitive debut.
Tactical changes at half time by Leicester caught the Swans off guard and a clumsy Williams tackle gave away a penalty early in the second half. But incredibly it was surely to be Swansea's day as Dorus saved the penalty – in the space of a week I have seen Gower score and Dorus save a penalty. My lottery ticket is suddenly feeling very lucky at the moment!
But it was not to be as the home side continued to come at the Swans and became more and more dangerous with every attack.
It was therefore no surprise when the equaliser came – a deflected shot giving De Vries no chance and four minutes later another defensive hesitation gave Leicester their winner – and a deserved result on their return to the Championship.
The Swans had no answer to the onslaught and failed to make any impression in attack second half with too many players unable to stamp any authority on the game.
It is of course early doors and disappointing to lose again on opening day and I have to say that unlike previous seasons we did not deserve to get anything out of the game and the result was probably a fair reflection of the ninety minutes.
Disappointed.