Swansea win first league game in six attempts Bony has scored four times in three games Swansea up to sixth in the table Leicester without a win in four league games Foxes have one clean sheet in nine league games Two Wilfried Bony goals helped Swansea City overcome Leicester to end a five-match winless Premier League run. Bony opened the scoring after a fine exchange of passes with Gylfi Sigurdsson, the Ivory Coast striker tucking past Foxes keeper Kasper Schmeichel. The 25-year-old made it 2-0 by side-footing Jefferson Monteros cross home, his fourth goal in the last three outings. Leicester struggled to create any chances of note, and defeat leaves Nigel Pearsons side without a victory in their last four matches. The Foxes are two points above the relegation zone in 16th spot with nine points from as many games. In contrast, Swansea climb two places, above Manchester United and Liverpool, into sixth ahead of a tough run of games that includes a home match with Arsenal sandwiched between trips to Everton and Manchester City. Against Leicester, it took Swansea a while to settle but, when they eventually clicked, they did so with a flourish. They went ahead 11 minutes before the interval when Bony back-heeled a pass from Angel Rangel into the path of Sigurdsson. Wilfried Bony has now scored 20 Premier League goals for Swansea, the joint-most with Michu The Iceland international returned the favour by threading the ball through for Bony to curl a fine finish beyond Schmeichel. Having only managed one away goal all season, it was not surprising Leicester posed such little threat in the first half. The hosts were given a fright after the restart when Liam Moores throw-in bounced on to the bar - but they soon doubled their advantage. Sigurdsson was again the architect, playing a through ball for Montero, whose squared pass gave Bony the simple task of slotting into an empty net. And the Swans came close to scoring a spectacular third when former Liverpool player Jonjo Shelvey smacked the Leicester crossbar with a fierce, dipping 40-yard shot. Leicester should have reduced the deficit in the dying moments, substitute Esteban Cambiasso hitting the post with a bundled effort from close range. But Swansea were full value as they held on for their first Premier League win since 30 August. Swansea manager Garry Monk: I said to the players afterwards, when teams come at you like that in the second half because theyve got nothing to lose, we just have to be that little bit braver with the ball, pass it a little bit better. Our decision making has to be that little bit sharper and well be able to catch teams on the counter or keep the ball for longer periods. Thats something that well work on but the players have done very well and deserve the three points. It was important, there was a little bit of pressure on us and they reacted well. Leicester manager Nigel Pearson: Our quality let us down. I look at the first half in particular, unforced errors in possession. We put ourselves under too much pressure, because we constantly gave the ball away and thats where we have to improve. Our performance has not reflected what we are capable of. But for the most part this season weve applied ourselves exceptionally well. Courtesy:BBC
Posted on: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 02:34:06 +0000
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