That progress was courtesy of a Wayne Rooney hat-trick with his first goals for the club since April and coming at a perfect time as he prepares to go after the all time England goalscoring record against Switzerland and San Marino.<\/p>\n
The Swans will though be looking to ensure that his Premier League drought continues – Rooney has not scored in the league for nine games and we will be desperate to make that ten on Sunday by nullifying the threat that he poses.<\/p>\n
And Garry Monk believes that he has found a way of doing that and it is easy to see how he believes that as he does have a habit of neutralising the attacking threat of the bigger names in the division and we certainly have seen evidence over the last 18 months of a great unity in defence against these teams.<\/p>\n
Monk said: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153With Wayne Rooney, you have to be prepared for him at his best.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153In midweek, he showed what he is capable of \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and we need to prepare for him to play like that.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I think service is the key to any goal. A player won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t score a goal on his own, unless he gets it off the keeper and dribbles through the whole team.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We have a way that we think may nullify them \u00e2\u20ac\u201c but we have to defend as a team and get through the tough periods.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
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