Luke Williams | We gave a really good account of ourselves

Swansea City head coach Luke Williams felt his side’s performance at Norwich City carried real positives for the future after claiming a 2-2 draw at Carrow Road.

Williams had challenged his team to show the mentality and bravery to go toe to toe with a Canaries outfit looking to try and seal a play-off spot in front of a raucous home crowd.

They rose to the occasion and took the lead through a superb goal from Jamie Paterson. 

A stunning strike from Gabriel Sara and a Josh Sargent header put the hosts ahead at the interval.

But Matt Grimes earned the Swans a point by converting from the spot on his 300th appearance for the club.

And Williams felt there was plenty to take forward for his side in the manner of their performance.

"It was a high-level game, both teams had spells where they were dominant and had plenty of shots, and there were big chances," he said.

"A draw was a fair result but I felt we gave a really good account of ourselves today.

"I think this is an opportunity for us to try and look at what the top six looks like and see if we can compete with that, especially away from home.

"We have a lot of positives to take from this.

"They are a very good team and when you see them up close you see the quality they have. It’s a tough place to play, it was packed and the motivation for them is so obvious. 

"That’s where we want to be, we want to be playing in games of that level to try and achieve something, and this was a positive in terms of looking to the future about how we can try to move forward and perform.

"We started well, and we created a couple of chances before the goal. Then Pato is so difficult to play against and he got the breakthrough.

"I felt we lost a grip of the game a bit after that goal actually, but we were able to regroup and we came out again in the second half with more intensity and energy, and we made a great action for the penalty."