The Swansea City defender would have been as hurt as anyone having seen Newcastle score late to snatch an undeserved point at the Liberty but he said despite that goal spirits remained high in the dressing room.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can\u2019t let the goal put a downer on things,\u201d he told the Western Mail. \u201cThe boys were still quite buoyant in the changing rooms afterwards.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe weren\u2019t too down. Letting the lead slip hurts a little bit, but we can still take a lot of confidence from the way we performed.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur focus here is always making sure that we perform well. I think that\u2019s what we did.<\/p>\n
\u201cHopefully that performance can now push us on. Now we have to win at Plymouth (tomorrow night) to make sure this result remains a good one.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s important that we don\u2019t let conceding so late affect us. We just need to try and go again.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was pleasing, but then it\u2019s also sour as well because we couldn\u2019t finish the job.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are all about the 1-0 victories, especially at home. That\u2019s what we wanted against Newcastle because a clean sheet would have made a big statement to the rest of the league.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnyone who watched the game will see that we made a big statement anyway, though. It\u2019s just a shame we didn\u2019t get the three points.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe disappointing thing is that we only let it slip for one chance.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe knew they had that threat with Carroll and we needed to stop it.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe probably needed to do a bit better in that moment to stop him scoring.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut, other than that, we were comfortable and it was just like any other home game for us.<\/p>\n
“We wanted to win to put the record straight.<\/p>\n
\u201cHopefully we have done that now anyway. I think the boys have got it out of their system.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know that result hurt us. We watched the video again on Friday and it was a big motivator for this game.”<\/p>\n