The Swans were beaten 3-1 by their Championship opponents in a game where they went in as favourites but were soundly beaten and really can have no complaints at the end of the game with the final scoreline.
They were not helped by the early dismissal of Kyle Bartley in a poor piece of defending which changed the game plan very early on with Tom Carroll being sacrificed to make way for Federico Fernandez to return to a more traditional back four.
รขโฌลItรขโฌโขs a disappointing result to go out of the cup,รขโฌย said Monk. รขโฌลWe wanted to get back on track, but unfortunately we couldnรขโฌโขt do that today.
รขโฌลTo go down to ten men early on didnรขโฌโขt help. All the preparation you do before the game kind of goes out of the window. We tried to re-structure to get to half-time to regroup, and we scored a good goal, but they got the equaliser before half-time.”
That equaliser came just two minutes after Sigurdsson’s opener and it highlighted some of our defensive frailties quite clearly with the defenders being out-jumped and giving the attackers too much space in the penalty box.
รขโฌลWe talked about how we were going to work in the second-half to keep in the game until towards the end, then maybe change formation to have a go. We were doing that, they didnรขโฌโขt have too many dangerous situations.
รขโฌลBut we conceded a poor second goal. It was poor marking at a set-piece, which is something you canรขโฌโขt afford to do at any level. The third then comes because we were pushing on.
รขโฌลWeรขโฌโขre in a difficult moment after the last two games, but itรขโฌโขs important we come through it together.รขโฌย
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