Luke Williams | There were encouraging signs, but there is plenty of work ahead

Swansea City head coach Luke Williams was pleased with the encouraging signs he could see in his side's display in their draw at Birmingham City, but says there remains plenty of hard work ahead.

The Swans had looked to be on course for just a fifth-ever win at St Andrew’s against their hosts after goals from Harry Darling and Jamal Lowe had sandwiched Siriki Dembele’s strike for the Blues.

However, they were denied all three points when Jordan James arrowed an equaliser into the bottom corner deep into eight minutes of stoppage time.

Williams felt his side had grown in confidence and quality during the contest, and was pleased with the resilience they showed during a first half where for spells they were unable to find their fluency with the ball.

But he made clear there is a lot of hard work ahead of everyone for the Swans to become the team the players, staff and supporters want them to be.

"We showed a toughness I really liked, as we came under quite a lot of pressure at times, so I was pleased with that," he said.
 

"But we need to start to play more cleanly because there were too many scruffy actions, so I have to help the guys make those repetitions and try and understand the ideas better.

"If we do that hopefully we can control the game more, I don't think either team was particularly able to control the bulk of the game.

"We created a few good chances, Birmingham created a few good chances too. There were some encouraging things, there was some quality on display and some great character and those are things you can really work with.

"The last 10 minutes of the first half we had some control and went into the break in a good place.

"We started the second half in a good way, but I think we made a mistake trying to defend the lead, because as soon as they equalised we nearly scored straight away as we went back on the front foot.

"So I need to encourage the players to keep playing football in the same way, because if it's good enough to get us in the lead, it's good enough to stay in front."