Two goals from Robin Van Persie and two from Danny Wellbeck surrounded a first Premier League goal for Wilfried Bony as the Champions showed the Swans the value of clinical finishing to start their own season with a bang and give the Swans more food for thought for the challenges ahead.<\/p>\n
Afterwards the managers and players gave their reactions to the result<\/p>\n
Manchester United manager David Moyes<\/b> “The players done it today and did really well. I thought Swansea had a lot of the ball but any team who does come down here will find they will have a lot of the ball and pass it well. They’re very well managed under Michael Laudrup and they’ve improved the squad so I’ve no doubt they’ll do well this year.”<\/i><\/p>\n
Michael Laudrup<\/b> \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Our plan was to put them under pressure, we knew it would be a long game and it worked well for the first half hour as they only had one shot on target.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153But then you see that difference \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and the first goal was a great finish. But to concede two goals in two minutes against a team like Manchester United makes it very difficult after that.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We created some chances after that but the third goal meant it was game over. The main difference was the finishing, and losing the two goals like we did was a huge blow.<\/i><\/p>\n
Swans defender Angel Rangel<\/b> \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Obviously we’re disappointed, we hadn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t lost a game up until now, including pre-season, so sometimes it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a good thing to have a result like this.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It was two minutes of madness really – and it ended up changing the game.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153If they hadn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t scored the second goal then I think we would have had a chance in the second half.”<\/p>\n
Robin Van Persie, scorer of two goals<\/b> “It is the first game of the league away from home,<\/p>\n
“They are a great team the way they play. I love the way they play and they are very hard to play at times. It is a big win.<\/p>\n
“The first goal changed the game and we got the second shortly after so it helped us.<\/p>\n
“The first one I had a touch and felt at the time it was quite heavy so I had to take it (the shot) as high as possible.<\/p>\n
“The first game of the season you just don’t want to lose. We worked very hard so I’m very pleased.”<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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