Anthony Wright | The players got what they deserved for their resilience

Coach Anthony Wright felt Swansea City Under-21s got the result they deserved after coming from behind to beat AFC Bournemouth 3-2 at Landore.

On a dramatic night the hosts had opened the scoring with Maliq Cadogan netting his third goal of the season; the forward calmly sending a low shot into the bottom corner.

But the Cherries would hit back either side of the break to lead thanks to a curling strike from Balraj Landa and a close-range finish from Max Kinsey.

Substitute Glory Nzingo levelled matters inside the final six minutes to set up a tense finale.

Then, with one minute remaining in stoppage time, Cadogan got his second of the night to snatch the three points and send the Swans up to second in the Professional Development League South table.

"I'm really pleased for the players, they deserved that outcome over 95 minutes of the game," said Wright.

"We were against top opponents, they were top of the league for a long time and I thought we matched their standards.

"We showed that we're very capable of being on the front foot and that when we don't stop pushing, we can produce these results.

"We were disappointed with the first goal we conceded. I thought we were too passive, and we could just see that goal building and building, and it was a great finish from him to be fair.

"We needed to get higher in units and put more pressure on their backline, and we did that well in the second half."

And Wright praised the character shown by the squad to stage their comeback, and praised the impact of debutant Thomas Searle, after he was an early replacement for injury victim Dan Watts.

"A big credit to the players, we have some injuries and we've had some go out on loan, which means we're asking some players to play out of position," he added.

"Dan [Watts] unfortunately had to come off early, and we put on 16-year-old Tom Searle, whose only had a handful of under-18 games up to this point.

"I thought he came on and showed what the boys are about, and that's credit to him and the team.

"The resilience was there with and without the ball and that's the most pleasing part. They changed shape in the second half to give us a problem in possession.

"Once we adjusted to that, I thought we dominated until full-time, and we could have scored more."