Liam Ross praises "excellent" performance from Swansea City Under-21s

Coach Liam Ross felt Swansea City Under-21s got the just rewards for the quality of their performance after they beat Hull City 6-1 in the Premier League Cup on Friday evening.

The Swans remain second in Group A following victory at the MKM Stadium, sitting five points clear of third-place Brighton with two games remaining and the top two from each group advancing.

Liam Smith broke the deadlock with three minutes on the clock with a fine finish into the bottom corner, before netting a second of the evening 10 minutes later with a close-range effort.

The visitors went into the break 3-0 up after Kyle Fanning had found his own net from a Swansea corner.

And three more goals followed for the Swans in the second half, with Nathan Tjoe-A-On, Kristian Fletcher and Ruben Davies getting on the scoresheet. The Tigers pulled a goal back through Jim Simms on the hour mark, but it was only a consolation.

And Ross was delighted with the manner of the display on the back of the disappointment of defeat at Cardiff in midweek.

"I thought we were excellent. Going into the game tonight, we've played Hull quite a lot this season, so we expected them to come out with a plan and make it quite difficult for us," said Ross.

"The boys did everything we asked of them, and we got two early goals and most of our goals were team goals.

"I think that put us on our way. In possession we were very good, and from a coach's perspective we were absolutely delighted with the way the boys played out of possession

"They played with intensity to be able to press, and to get that physicality on the ball was great considering they've played four games in seven days.

"To be able to get through it and put in that performance is a credit to them. 

"The boys were gutted about Tuesday's performance but we quickly brushed that off and looked at what we could have done better, and we've moved onto this game and done that.

"We've been excellent in the cup so far to be fair, despite the loss against Aston Villa.

"We've played against some really good teams, and we've now put ourselves in a really good position going into the new year, its in our hands now with two games left."