Monk watched on as the Swans missed plenty of chances to get the three points that they wanted to follow up last Sunday’s win at Southampton.<\/p>\n
Gomis, Shelvey, Fernandez and others all missed chances and Monk’s frustration was doubled by the fact that Jermaine Defoe scored with Sunderland’s only real effort at goal in the first half.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The result was frustrating because we had enough good chances to take three points,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Monk.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It was disappointing that their only shot was a goal, which set us back a bit because we looked like the ones that would take the lead. We gave them a little too much space, but it was the only mistake we made.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We had to show a bit of character to come back in the second half.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Our best chances were when we moved the ball quicker. And I said to them at half-time that, if we did that more often, we would get a goal hopefully.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We got a good equaliser and tried to push to get the second, but it wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t to be today. We had enough chances to score two or three, but the ball didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to go in the back of the net.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We were the better team overall. You have to give Sunderland credit because they got their goal and defended well at times, but we needed to be a bit sharper.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n