Garry Monk’s side were heading for yet another calamity on home soil when Joshua King and Dan Gosling gave the visitors a 2-0 lead inside 26 minutes.
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The mood changed and so did the game for a period as Swansea, through a slice of good fortune, hauled themselves level when Jonjo Shelvey converted from the spot after Simon Francis was adjudged to have tripped Ayew.
Swansea City is now fourteenth in the Premier League with 13 points having won 3 games, drawn 4 and lost 5. “It’s for me to just concentrate on the most important people and that’s the players”.
But the young boss wasn’t pleased with the referee, as he felt Swansea’s first goal was offside and the second was a harsh penalty, as Simon Francis was penalised for clipping Ayew’s heals inside the box. There was anxiety in the crowd, and with the ball we have lost a bit of confidence.
Breaking down the Bournemouth left, Junior Stanislas overran the ball only for Kyle Bartley, one of three Swansea players making their first Premier League start of the season, to kick his clearance against Ki Sung-yueng.
“I don’t have to speak to anyone to understand my situation”, Monk said at his pre-match press conference. “We have been working really hard on the training ground, talking to each other in order to put things right, and hopefully you will see that on Saturday”. “Whether that’s intentional or not is debatable but he definitely tripped Andre up so the referee decided that was a penalty”.
Jenkins, writing in the programme, did not address Monk’s position specifically amid rumours over the past few weeks his position had come under threat, but said: “Looking back over the last few weeks, there seems to have been endless coverage in the media having a little pop at things not being quite right within Swansea City”. “From what I have seen from the players they are together and I expect a reaction on the weekend”.
“We were in control of ourselves and deservedly got the two goals, and it’s very rare that a team comes to Swansea and dominates the ball like we did”. Today was a very good away performance and in the second half against Southampton we were camped in their half.
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The Swans made a strong start to the season, but their form has tailed off alarming and they have just one win from their last nine games in all competition.
