wansea City recorded their first league double over
Manchester United as the latter dropped to fourth position following
defeat at the Liberty Stadium on Saturday.
Ander Herrera’s powerful drive put the ‘Red Devils’ ahead after
making a goal-line clearance of Bafetimbi Gomis header early on in the
first half.
But the visitors’ lead lasted only two minutes as Ki-Sung-yeung steered in from Jonjo Shelvey’s left-wing cross to restore parity, leaving both side with an arduous task in the second half.
Swansea finished off the job when Shelvey’s deflected shot from 25 yards
blazed past a wrong-footed goalkeeper David De Gea in the 73rd minute.
Swansea manager Garry Monk resorted to a diamond formation, with
Iceland midfielder Gylfi Siggurdson back from a three-match suspension,
making two changes from the 2-0 defeat to West Bromwich Albion as Wayne
Routledge was named in place of Nathan Dyer and employed right behind
striker Gomis.
Robin van Persie returned to Louis van Gaal’s starting XI after missing the FA Cup win at Deepdale with a minor knock. Teenager Paddy McNair and Phil Jones also came in for Antonio Valencia and Chris Smallings in the defence.
Van Gaal was left staring at an unreal reality after a 2-1 defeat by the South Wales outfit in his first home match as United boss five months ago, but after managing to real in 34 points from their last 15 matches- more than any other team in the league during that time- it was another bad day at work for the Dutch.
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But the visitors’ lead lasted only two minutes as Ki-Sung-yeung steered in from Jonjo Shelvey’s left-wing cross to restore parity, leaving both side with an arduous task in the second half.
Ki Sung-yeung Celebrates With Jonjo Shelvey at Liberty Stadium. Image: Getty.
Robin van Persie returned to Louis van Gaal’s starting XI after missing the FA Cup win at Deepdale with a minor knock. Teenager Paddy McNair and Phil Jones also came in for Antonio Valencia and Chris Smallings in the defence.
Van Gaal was left staring at an unreal reality after a 2-1 defeat by the South Wales outfit in his first home match as United boss five months ago, but after managing to real in 34 points from their last 15 matches- more than any other team in the league during that time- it was another bad day at work for the Dutch.
More to follow…
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