Lawrence Vigouroux | Clean sheets down to the collective

Lawrence Vigouroux praised the commitment of his teammates after the goalkeeper kept another clean sheet in the goalless draw against Preston North End at Deepdale.

Vigouroux made important saves to deny Milutin Osmajic, Brad Potts and Sam Greenwood as the visitors battled to secure a point against a North End side unbeaten on home turf since November 2.

That made it back-to-back clean sheets following the victory over Blackburn Rovers, and three in the last four Championship fixtures.

But Vigouroux was keen to point out the contributions of his colleagues in ensuring the Swans dug in to emerge with something to show for their efforts.

“This is a tough place to play, we stood up well to the physical test on a difficult pitch, and we defended well,” he said.

“I made a couple of saves, but I thought everyone put the work in. From the guys at the back to the lads up top, we made a lot of blocks and limited their chances.

“For me, I don’t think clean sheets define if I am having a good season or a good game, it shows what everyone is putting in on the pitch. It starts with the boys at the top end of the pitch pressing hard, and then defending really well as a unit.

“It makes my job easier knowing everyone is switched on and alive to everything.

“This is the Championship, and each game is a different challenge. We showed one side of ourselves against Blackburn where we scored a lot of goals and were a real attacking threat, this was another side where we were able to stick in a game and grind out a good result.

“We go back home now, we play a Middlesbrough team wanting to get in the play-offs, but we want to try and continue what we started against Blackburn in terms of home performances.”