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Barclays Premier League

Saturday, 30 August 2014,

Swansea
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West Brom
  • Kickoff: 15:00 BST
  • Stadium: Liberty Stadium
  • Referee: -
  • Stadium: Liberty Stadium
  • Attendance: 20,318
  • 2' Nathan Dyer
  • 24' Wayne Routledge
  • 71' Nathan Dyer

    Swansea City

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    Ki: Future was bleak under Laudrup

    Swansea midfielder Ki Sung-yueng has revealed he might have left the club had Michael Laudrup stayed as manager.

    Ki signed a new four-year deal on Thursday as the South Korea international completed a remarkable reversal in fortunes at the Liberty Stadium.

    Signed for a then club-record fee of B£5.5million from Celtic in August 2012, Ki was part of the Swansea side which won the Capital One Cup the following February and finished ninth in the Premier League.

    But he then fell out of favour under Laudrup - who was sacked as Swansea manager in February - and was loaned out to Sunderland last season, where he helped the Black Cats reach the Capital One Cup final.

    "I'm not sure if I would be here if he (Laudrup) was," Ki said ahead of the visit of West Brom on Saturday.

    "If I have the chance to play maybe I stay, if not maybe I have to look at another opportunity because I just want to play in midfield.

    "I don't want to stay on the bench every game."

    Ki was linked to Aston Villa and Sunderland over the summer before Laudrup's successor Garry Monk persuaded the 25-year-old he was very much part of his Swansea plans.

    "When I came back here this year a lot of things have changed and also the manager has changed," Ki said.

    "I spoke to Garry and he said I was in his plans. He talked about tactics, how the team was going to play this season and he told me he wanted to play.

    "I had a pre-season, played the first two games and I had to decide whether to stay.

    "I had some options to go in the summer but my priority was to stay in Swansea because the philosophy is the same and I don't need to adapt."

    Ki has been a vital part of Swansea's perfect start to the season, impressively filling the anchor role in midfield yet scoring his first goal for the club in the opening-day win at Manchester United.

    And he believes his time out on loan at Sunderland has developed him into a better player.

    "I had a very good time in Sunderland," he said. "I was in a cup final for two years in a row and I grew up more than in my first season at Swansea.

    "Now I am in my third season I can show more about me. I can show everyone that Ki is back and still in Swansea because I didn't show it last year."

    Monk might change a winning league line-up for the visit of West Brom.

    New B£8million defender Federico Fernandez made his debut in the much-changed Capital One Cup side against Rotherham in midweek and stands by to replace Jordi Amat for his Premier League bow as Swansea seek to build on opening wins over Manchester United and Burnley.

    Swansea are still without knee victims Marvin Emnes and Leon Britton, the veteran midfielder having suffered a further fitness blow this week when told he would need a scan in three weeks' time before he could get the all-clear to play again.

    Georgios Samaras must wait for his West Brom debut with the striker yet to regain match fitness.

    The former Celtic forward will not play against the Swans and will instead go away with Greece over the international break, where Hawthorns head coach Alan Irvine hopes he will get some game time with his country.

    Fellow new signings Silvestre Varela and Joleon Lescott are also unavailable as they strive for fitness, while Sebastien Pocognoli is a doubt with hip and groin problems.

    91'+3

    End Regular Time

    91'+1

    Youssuf Mulumbu (West Bromwich Albion) Blocked Pass at 92'

    89'

    Gylfi Sigurdsson (Swansea City) Blocked Pass at 89'

    89'

    Ideye Brown (West Bromwich Albion) Blocked Pass at 89'

    89'

    Gylfi Sigurdsson (Swansea City) Free Kick at 89'

    88'

    Hand ball by Youssuf Mulumbu (West Bromwich Albion).

    88'

    Jonas Olsson (West Bromwich Albion) Blocked Pass at 88'

    88'

    Lukasz Fabianski (Swansea City) Free Kick at 88'

    87'

    Foul by Brown Ideye (West Bromwich Albion).

    87'

    Attempt missed. Craig Dawson (West Bromwich Albion) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by James Morrison with a cross following a corner.

    87'

    James Morrison (West Bromwich Albion) Assists Shot at 87'

    86'

    James Morrison (West Bromwich Albion) Corner Kick at 86'

    86'

    Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Neil Taylor.

    85'

    Neil Taylor (Swansea City) Throw In at 85'

    84'

    Cristian Gamboa (West Bromwich Albion) Throw In at 84'

    84'

    Substitution, Swansea City. Tom Carroll replaces Jonjo Shelvey.

    83'

    Attempt missed. Youssuf Mulumbu (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.

    83'

    Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Lukasz Fabianski.

    83'

    James Morrison (West Bromwich Albion) Corner Kick at 83'

    83'

    Attempt saved. James Morrison (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Stéphane Sessegnon.

    83'

    Stephane Sessegnon (West Bromwich Albion) Assists Shot at 83'

    82'

    Angel Rangel (Swansea City) Throw In at 82'

    81'

    Attempt missed. Jonjo Shelvey (Swansea City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Bafétimbi Gomis.

    81'

    Bafetimbi Gomis (Swansea City) Assists Shot at 81'

    80'

    Andre Wisdom (West Bromwich Albion) Throw In at 80'

    80'

    Cristian Gamboa (West Bromwich Albion) Throw In at 80'

    80'

    Saido Berahino (West Bromwich Albion) Corner Kick at 80'

    79'

    Attempt blocked. Saido Berahino (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by James Morrison with a through ball.

    79'

    James Morrison (West Bromwich Albion) Assists Shot at 79'

    79'

    Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Ashley Williams.

    79'

    Lukasz Fabianski (Swansea City) Free Kick at 78'

    77'

    Craig Gardner (West Bromwich Albion) Corner Kick at 77'

    77'

    Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Jonjo Shelvey.

    77'

    Attempt blocked. Craig Gardner (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by James Morrison.

    77'

    James Morrison (West Bromwich Albion) Assists Shot at 77'

    76'

    Stéphane Sessegnon (West Bromwich Albion) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the centre of the box.

    76'

    Andre Wisdom (West Bromwich Albion) Throw In at 76'

    76'

    Substitution, Swansea City. Bafétimbi Gomis replaces Wilfried Bony.

    75'

    Nathan Dyer (Swansea City) Blocked Pass at 75'

    75'

    Andre Wisdom (West Bromwich Albion) Throw In at 75'

    74'

    Attempt missed. Jonjo Shelvey (Swansea City) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Wilfried Bony.

    74'

    Wilfried Bony (Swansea City) Assists Shot at 74'

    74'

    Craig Gardner (West Bromwich Albion) Throw In at 74'

    74'

    Craig Gardner (West Bromwich Albion) Free Kick at 74'

    73'

    Ki Sung-Yeung

    73'

    Foul by Ki Sung-Yueng (Swansea City).

    72'

    Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. James Morrison replaces Chris Brunt.

    72'

    Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Cristian Gamboa replaces Jason Davidson.

    71'

    3 - 0

    Goal! Swansea City 3, West Bromwich Albion 0. Nathan Dyer (Swansea City) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Gylfi Sigurdsson with a through ball.

    71'

    Gylfi Sigurdsson (Swansea City) Assists Shot at 71'

    69'

    Andre Wisdom (West Bromwich Albion) Corner Kick at 69'

    69'

    Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Jefferson Montero.

    69'

    Saido Berahino (West Bromwich Albion) Free Kick at 69'

    69'

    Hand ball by Nathan Dyer (Swansea City).

    68'

    Attempt missed. Wilfried Bony (Swansea City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Jefferson Montero following a fast break.

    68'

    Jefferson Montero (Swansea City) Assists Shot at 68'

    68'

    Neil Taylor (Swansea City) Throw In at 68'

    68'

    Attempt missed. Saido Berahino (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jason Davidson.

    68'

    Jason Davidson (West Bromwich Albion) Assists Shot at 68'

    66'

    Andre Wisdom (West Bromwich Albion) Throw In at 66'

    66'

    Substitution, Swansea City. Jefferson Montero replaces Wayne Routledge.

    65'

    Attempt saved. Wilfried Bony (Swansea City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.

    65'

    Attempt blocked. Wilfried Bony (Swansea City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.

    65'

    Wayne Routledge (Swansea City) Free Kick at 65'

    63'

    Youssuf Mulumbu (West Bromwich Albion) Blocked Pass at 63'

    63'

    Angel Rangel (Swansea City) Free Kick at 63'

    62'

    Craig Gardner

    62'

    Gylfi Sigurdsson (Swansea City) wins a free kick on the right wing.

    61'

    Attempt saved. Ki Sung-Yueng (Swansea City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Gylfi Sigurdsson.

    61'

    Gylfi Sigurdsson (Swansea City) Assists Shot at 61'

    60'

    Jonas Olsson (West Bromwich Albion) Free Kick at 60'

    60'

    Youssuf Mulumbu (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

    59'

    Angel Rangel (Swansea City) Throw In at 59'

    59'

    Angel Rangel (Swansea City) Throw In at 59'

    56'

    Attempt missed. Jonas Olsson (West Bromwich Albion) header from the centre of the box misses to the right following a corner.

    56'

    Saido Berahino (West Bromwich Albion) Corner Kick at 56'

    56'

    Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Jordi Amat.

    55'

    Angel Rangel (Swansea City) Throw In at 55'

    54'

    Gylfi Sigurdsson (Swansea City) Blocked Pass at 54'

    53'

    Jason Davidson (West Bromwich Albion) Throw In at 53'

    53'

    Craig Gardner (West Bromwich Albion) Free Kick at 53'

    51'

    Jason Davidson (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick on the left wing.

    51'

    Andre Wisdom (West Bromwich Albion) Throw In at 51'

    49'

    Attempt blocked. Youssuf Mulumbu (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Chris Brunt.

    49'

    Chris Brunt (West Bromwich Albion) Assists Shot at 49'

    49'

    Attempt blocked. Stéphane Sessegnon (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Saido Berahino.

    49'

    Saido Berahino (West Bromwich Albion) Assists Shot at 49'

    49'

    Craig Gardner (West Bromwich Albion) Free Kick at 49'

    48'

    Stéphane Sessegnon (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick on the left wing.

    47'

    Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Neil Taylor.

    47'

    Saido Berahino (West Bromwich Albion) Corner Kick at 47'

    47'

    Attempt blocked. Craig Gardner (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

    47'

    Attempt blocked. Craig Gardner (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

    46'

    Foul by Ashley Williams (Swansea City).

    46'

    Start 2nd Half

    46'

    Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Stéphane Sessegnon replaces Graham Dorrans.

    46'+1

    Halftime

    46'

    Attempt missed. Jonjo Shelvey (Swansea City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Gylfi Sigurdsson.

    46'

    Gylfi Sigurdsson (Swansea City) Assists Shot at 46'

    45'

    Ashley Williams (Swansea City) Free Kick at 45'

    45'

    Offside, West Bromwich Albion. Craig Gardner tries a through ball, but Brown Ideye is caught offside.

    45'

    Gylfi Sigurdsson (Swansea City) Blocked Pass at 45'

    44'

    Attempt missed. Wayne Routledge (Swansea City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner following a corner.

    44'

    Gylfi Sigurdsson (Swansea City) Free Kick at 44'

    43'

    Nathan Dyer (Swansea City) wins a free kick on the right wing.

    43'

    Angel Rangel (Swansea City) Throw In at 43'

    42'

    Gylfi Sigurdsson (Swansea City) Blocked Pass at 42'

    42'

    Attempt missed. Brown Ideye (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the left. Assisted by Craig Gardner.

    42'

    Craig Gardner (West Bromwich Albion) Assists Shot at 42'

    41'

    Neil Taylor (Swansea City) Throw In at 41'

    39'

    Attempt saved. Brown Ideye (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Graham Dorrans.

    39'

    Graham Dorrans (West Bromwich Albion) Assists Shot at 39'

    36'

    Angel Rangel (Swansea City) Throw In at 36'

    35'

    Youssuf Mulumbu (West Bromwich Albion) Blocked Pass at 35'

    34'

    Jason Davidson (West Bromwich Albion) Throw In at 34'

    34'

    Chris Brunt (West Bromwich Albion) Blocked Pass at 34'

    33'

    Saido Berahino (West Bromwich Albion) Blocked Pass at 33'

    32'

    Attempt saved. Gylfi Sigurdsson (Swansea City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Wilfried Bony.

    32'

    Wilfried Bony (Swansea City) Assists Shot at 32'

    31'

    Ben Foster (West Bromwich Albion) Free Kick at 31'

    31'

    Offside, Swansea City. Gylfi Sigurdsson tries a through ball, but Nathan Dyer is caught offside.

    30'

    Attempt missed. Graham Dorrans (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.

    29'

    Ben Foster (West Bromwich Albion) Free Kick at 29'

    29'

    Offside, Swansea City. Ashley Williams tries a through ball, but Wayne Routledge is caught offside.

    28'

    Neil Taylor (Swansea City) Throw In at 28'

    28'

    Saido Berahino (West Bromwich Albion) Blocked Pass at 28'

    28'

    Jordi Amat (Swansea City) Free Kick at 28'

    27'

    Graham Dorrans

    27'

    Gylfi Sigurdsson (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

    27'

    Andre Wisdom (West Bromwich Albion) Throw In at 27'

    26'

    Jonjo Shelvey (Swansea City) Blocked Pass at 26'

    26'

    Jonas Olsson (West Bromwich Albion) Free Kick at 26'

    26'

    Foul by Gylfi Sigurdsson (Swansea City).

    25'

    Angel Rangel (Swansea City) Throw In at 25'

    24'

    2 - 0

    Goal! Swansea City 2, West Bromwich Albion 0. Wayne Routledge (Swansea City) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.

    22'

    Attempt blocked. Chris Brunt (West Bromwich Albion) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Brown Ideye.

    22'

    Ideye Brown (West Bromwich Albion) Assists Shot at 22'

    21'

    Jason Davidson (West Bromwich Albion) Throw In at 21'

    20'

    Jonjo Shelvey (Swansea City) Blocked Pass at 20'

    20'

    Andre Wisdom (West Bromwich Albion) Free Kick at 20'

    20'

    Saido Berahino (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick on the right wing.

    19'

    Ki Sung-Yeung (Swansea City) Blocked Pass at 19'

    19'

    Graham Dorrans (West Bromwich Albion) Free Kick at 19'

    18'

    Graham Dorrans (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick on the left wing.

    18'

    Jason Davidson (West Bromwich Albion) Throw In at 18'

    17'

    Andre Wisdom (West Bromwich Albion) Throw In at 17'

    17'

    Neil Taylor (Swansea City) Throw In at 17'

    16'

    Jonjo Shelvey (Swansea City) Free Kick at 16'

    16'

    Nathan Dyer (Swansea City) wins a free kick on the right wing.

    14'

    Attempt missed. Wilfried Bony (Swansea City) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Jonjo Shelvey with a cross.

    14'

    Jonjo Shelvey (Swansea City) Assists Shot at 14'

    14'

    Nathan Dyer (Swansea City) Throw In at 14'

    14'

    Chris Brunt (West Bromwich Albion) Free Kick at 14'

    13'

    Saido Berahino (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

    11'

    Craig Gardner (West Bromwich Albion) Blocked Pass at 11'

    11'

    Attempt saved. Jonjo Shelvey (Swansea City) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is saved in the centre of the goal.

    11'

    Neil Taylor (Swansea City) Throw In at 11'

    9'

    Jonjo Shelvey (Swansea City) Free Kick at 9'

    8'

    Wilfried Bony (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

    7'

    Attempt missed. Wilfried Bony (Swansea City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.

    7'

    Youssuf Mulumbu (West Bromwich Albion) Blocked Pass at 7'

    6'

    Saido Berahino (West Bromwich Albion) Blocked Pass at 6'

    2'

    1 - 0

    Goal! Swansea City 1, West Bromwich Albion 0. Nathan Dyer (Swansea City) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gylfi Sigurdsson.

    2'

    Gylfi Sigurdsson (Swansea City) Assists Shot at 2'

    1'

    Neil Taylor (Swansea City) Throw In at 1'

    1'

    Jonjo Shelvey (Swansea City) Blocked Pass at 1'

    1'

    Jason Davidson (West Bromwich Albion) Throw In at 1'

    1'

    First Half begins.

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    Possession

    56%
    44%
    • Swansea City
    • West Bromwich Albion

    Shots

    15
    16

    Shots on target

    8
    2

    Fouls

    10
    8

    Corners

    0
    7

    Yellow Cards

    1
    2

    Red Cards

    0
    0

    Head to Head

    Swansea3 - 0West Brom
    Swansea1 - 2West Brom
    West Brom0 - 2Swansea
    West Brom2 - 1Swansea
    Swansea3 - 1West Brom
    West Brom1 - 2Swansea

    Swansea

    • 1Lukasz Fabianski
    • 3Neil Taylor
    • 22Angel Rangel
    • 2Jordi Amat
    • 6Ashley Williams
    • 8Jonjo Shelvey
    • -> Thomas Carroll
    • 23Gylfi Sigurdsson
    • 15Wayne Routledge
    • -> Jefferson Montero
    • 12Nathan Dyer
    • 4Ki Sung-Yeung
    • 10Wilfried Bony
    • -> Bafetimbi Gomis
    • Subs
    • 19Dwight Tiendalli
    • 25Gerhard Tremmel
    • 33Federico Fernández
    • 29Ashley Richards

    West Brom

    • 1Ben Foster
    • 3Jonas Olsson
    • 25Craig Dawson
    • 14Jason Davidson
    • -> Cristian Gamboa
    • 2Andre Wisdom
    • 18Saido Berahino
    • 11Chris Brunt
    • -> James Morrison
    • 9Ideye Brown
    • 8Craig Gardner
    • 21Youssuf Mulumbu
    • 17Graham Dorrans
    • -> Stephane Sessegnon
    • Subs
    • 23Gareth McAuley
    • 4Chris Baird
    • 13Boaz Myhill
    • 5Claudio Yacob

    Dyer brace helps Swans stay perfect

    Swansea went top of the Barclays Premier League as West Brom were swept aside at the Liberty Stadium.

    Garry Monk's men extended their 100 per cent record to three games as a Nathan Dyer double and a spectacular volley from Wayne Routledge rewarded some excellent Swansea approach play.

    But Swansea were also aided by some pitiful defending, with West Brom still seeking their first league victory under new manager Alan Irvine.

    Swansea had the perfect start inside two minutes when Dyer picked up Wilfried Bony's lay-off and drove towards the Albion area.

    Dyer found Gylfi Sigurdsson and he took advantage of the Icelandic midfielder's clever back-heel return and Jonas Olsson's untimely slip to round Ben Foster and score his second goal in as many Premier League games.

    It was a high-tempo start from a Swansea side buoyant after opening wins over Manchester United and Burnley, and Bony and Jonjo Shelvey both tried their luck from distance against Albion opponents struggling to get a foothold in the contest.

    Bony headed over Shelvey's cross with West Brom temporarily reduced to 10 men with Olsson off the pitch, but Swansea doubled their lead after 24 minutes with a goal to remember.

    Sigurdsson centred following Chris Brunt's poor clearance and, although Craig Dawson was first to the ball, his header lacked distance.

    Routledge was onto the dropping ball in an instant and with both feet off the ground he fizzed an 18-yard volley past the helpless Foster.

    It almost got worse for Albion when Olsson headed Routledge's cross onto his own crossbar and there was no threat from the visitors until club record B£10m signing Brown Ideye, making his first Premier League start, sent in a low shot which Swansea goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski held comfortably.

    Routledge almost added another spectacular effort in the closing stages of the first half when Albion failed to clear a free-kick and the winger flashed a volley just over from 18 yards.

    West Brom showed more appetite for the fight at the start of the second period but they were fortunate to escape when Dyer found down space down the right for the umpteenth time and rolled a ball into the box which Bony was just unable to connect with.

    Swansea were a real threat on the counter every time a West Brom attack broke down and Routledge led the charge when Brunt lost possession.

    Routledge got a return pass off Bony and his cross would have found the lurking Sigurdsson but for a fingertip intervention from Foster.

    Stephane Sessegnon's half-time arrival appeared to pep up Albion and the game was more of an even contest, albeit scrappy for some periods and tackling which could be described as dubious at best.

    But Ki fired straight at Foster and then there was controversy when referee Paul Tierney, in charge of his first Premier League game, adjudged that Dawson's intervention to stop Bony escaping was a deliberate back-pass to his goalkeeper.

    Bony took the resulting free-kick from 12 yards and his effort was blocked on the line by what appeared to be right arm of full-back Andre Wisdom.

    Tierney waved away Swansea's penalty protests and Bony was out of luck again when he raced onto substitute Jefferson Montero's pass but blazed over from about 10 yards.

    But Swansea were not to be denied and it was the same Sigurdsson-Dyer combination for the first goal which again paid off after 71 minutes.

    Angel Rangel played the ball into Sigurdsson in midfield and he was allowed time and space to pick out Dyer who ran clear and finished emphatically past an exposed Foster.

    Swansea were in total control but Jordi Amat's mistake at the near post was almost punished when Sessegnon fired against the bar and then Saido Berahino's shot was deflected inches wide of Fabianski's goal.

    But Swansea comfortably saw out the rest of the game to make it nine points from nine.




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