Luke Williams | That was a big win and performance

Luke Williams hailed a “big win and performance” from Swansea City after they defeated Norwich City 1-0 at the Swansea.com Stadium.

Amankwah Forson’s early own goal proved the difference in SA1, as the Swans claimed the spoils in a hard-fought and entertaining encounter.

Jisung Eom, Liam Cullen and Ronald all went close to adding to the home side’s tally, while Lawrence Vigouroux denied Josh Sargent, and Harry Darling and Kyle Naughton made some crucial blocks.

There was also a magnificent covering tackle from Ben Cabango in the final minute of the 90 as Borja Sainz bore down on the Swansea goal. 

And Williams was pleased with the mix of quality and spirit the home side showed.

“That was a huge effort against a really tough opposition, so I am pleased with that,” said the Swans boss.

“I also thought in the first half in particular we played some very good football and controlled the majority of the game.

“So there is a lot to be happy about, the big challenge for the group after the last game was to have that energy and intensity from the start.

“We were really aggressive with and without the ball, and I think we just about deserved the victory even though they put a lot of pressure on us towards the end of the game.

“They are a really good side, and that was a big win and a big performance from us.”

Williams also described Cabango’s last-ditch tackle as being as good as a goal for his side, after the Wales international showed great determination and reactions to get back to Sainz and cleanly win the ball in his own box.

“That is as good as a goal, I mean what a tackle,” added Williams. 

“He and Harry Darling headed so many balls out the box, and the full-backs dealt with a lot of challenging one v one situations and I love to see that side of the team.

“I would prefer to see us really in control, but it is great to see that when we come under pressure we can withstand that.

“When you look at the core of the team, and we almost take the skipper for granted because he is so consistently good, Ollie Cooper and Liam Cullen really led from the front with so much energy and creativity.

“Then Franco was really bright for us going forward, he made some big tackles and recovery runs for us, and he is a bit of an action man really. It was a really good performance.”