Michael Duff | We showed a winning mentality

Head coach Michael Duff felt his Swansea City side had shown a winning mentality in coming from behind to secure a 3-1 victory at Plymouth Argyle and make it four Championship victories in a row.

The Swans had trailed to a Luke Cundle strike at Home Park, but bounced back in the second half to claim all three points and make it 13 points from the last 15 available.

Jerry Yates got them level before Carl Rushworth made a key save to deny Bali Mumba’s effort.

The visitors capitalised, Ollie Cooper putting them ahead with an effort from distance seconds after coming on as a substitute.

Josh Key then wrapped things up in the final moments, sprinting forward to get on the end of a superb Jamie Paterson pass and net his first Swansea goal.

And Duff was delighted with how his injury-hit squad kept going and kept pushing at the end of a tough week of games and travelling.

“You don’t want to have to come from behind in games, but it is something we have not done yet and it was really pleasing to see us do that,” said the Swans boss.

“I know we were behind, but I was pleased with the first half, we had a few moments where we could not find that killer pass.

“We came on really strong in the second half, we were good with the ball and scored some really good goals.

“Ollie has come on and scored and sometimes it is just your day. The subs have been really good coming on and impacting the games, everyone has a role to play and energy to bring.

“I think everyone is pretty tired, I know I am, so I don’t know where Josh Key found the energy to run the full length of the pitch and it was a brilliant moment for him, for the fans, for everyone and it meant we could enjoy those final moments a bit more.

“I’ve said before that wins are hard to come by, football does not owe you anything, but we had that winning mentality today to go and get it.

“When we were behind, no-one thought that it would be okay because we won two games earlier in the week.

“The group showed the mentality we have talked about.”

And Duff also had words of praise for Rushworth for his intervention during a key period in the match.

“Those are the moments that you need, there are times you will need your keeper to make big saves,” he added.

“We don’t want him to have to make 10 or 15 saves a game, but you want him to be able to deliver in big moments and he did.

“I thought the big difference today was in both boxes, it was a good game of football with two sides trying to play the right way, it was end-to-end, but we showed the structure and doggedness in defence and, in their box, we managed to find the killer pass in the second half and score three really good goals.”