Monk watched his side fight back from the disappointment of Andy Carroll’s first half goal which was his third against the Swans in recent weeks.<\/p>\n
However, Bafetimbi Gomis’ header from a Sigurdsson corner earned the Swans a point at the end of a week that has seen most of the speculation around Wilfried Bony’s proposed move to Manchester City.<\/p>\n
It was therefore probably somewhat of a relief as well to Monk that we got the equaliser or he would probably have faced plenty of questions about a replacement for the Ivorian even though Gomis showed that he is more than capable of being just that person.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It was a hard game physically, which it always is against West Ham,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said the Swans boss. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153But apart from ten minutes in the first half, we controlled the game.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Their goal came against the run of play, in which was probably during our best period. We gave Andy Carroll a bit too much space, which allowed him to shoot.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153But we showed great character in the second half. We were on the front foot and probed for the equaliser.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We just needed to move the ball that little bit quicker. They defended a lot deeper and made it difficult, but the substitutions gave us a bit more cutting edge.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We got the goal and then pushed for the second but, all-in-all, a draw was probably a fair result.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n