Sammie Szmodics opened his account on debut to help Blackburn produce one of the comfortable football results of the weekend in the Championship. Szmodics opened the scoring in the 39th minute before Ben Brereton doubled their advantage in the 57th minute. Lewis Travis sealed the win in the 84th minute despite the home side dominating possession while Blackburn played on the counter.
Managers Reaction
Swansea’s Russell Martin: “We have to take today on the chin and we have to be better. But we aren’t going to go to Blackpool next week and change what we are trying to do. We were punished for mistakes and small details, moments that were not quite good enough. We had so much control. But then we make a mistake, and we follow it up with another one. I said a couple of weeks ago about how we react to mistakes will define what we do, and it defined it today. We have to make more of our dominance of the ball. There wasn’t enough ball speed in the first half or enough runs to threaten their backline. It’s something we need to work on and we’ll look at that for sure.”
Blackburn’s Jon Dahl Tomasson: “The performance was very high class tactically. We worked on this game all week and the way the players controlled the game out of possession against a very good and dangerous team with the ball was very pleasing. When Swansea attacked we were very solid and the players followed the plan as they should do. Maybe they are more tired in the head than in the legs. There were three beautiful goals and good transition moments. There was also another clean sheet. I’m very pleased with the performance and for the fans. We had some very good chances, although they needed to be taken.”
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