Anthony Martial emerged as a potential saviour right at the start of the second half when he deftly converted a cross Rooney had been unable to reach, although United have led against Swansea before and still managed to lose.
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History seemed dangerously close to being repeated for the home fans when Sigurdsson – the matchwinner in Van Gaal’s United debut – steered home Modou Barrow’s cross with 20 minutes to go.
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The England captain flicked in a deft finish for his first United goal in two months, which put him second outright in the all-time scoring lists at United (238) and in the league (188).
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The win sees United move to fifth position in the league table on 33 points, while Swansea occupy 17th.
“I hope this is a fantastic starting point for us in the new year and we can continue against Sheffield United [in the FA Cup next weekend]”.
“Now we are playing much more matches but still it is an achievement. We need him and hopefully he will play a part to the end of the season for us”.
“It’s not been the luckiest of places, Manchester, in the last few weeks”, said caretaker Swansea coach Alan Curtis, whose team lost 2-1 at Man City last month after conceding in injury time.
But, despite their limitations, the current players appear to be giving everything to lift them out of their current slump and support under-pressure manager Louis van Gaal.
“It’s awesome that you can perform the game plan like we have done, in a risky style, under this pressure”, he said.
With an audacious backheel flick that rolled back the years, he scored the winning goal to hand the Reds Devils a 2-1 victory over Swansea at Old Trafford.
After the match, Van Gaal told the club’s website he was delighted with the quality of his side’s two goals in Saturday’s victory over Swansea City. No first-half goals for nine successive games is nearly as weird as eight games without a win.
“But for me it’s more important that he scores now and he scored today”.
A moment of magic from Wayne Rooney.
Two goals prior to this shows where their problems lie but Gylfi Sigurdsson has always been a risky player from an attacking midfield role and his first goal since October to level the scores could be a catalyst for things to come.
First Ashley Williams brought a good save out of David de Gea before goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski headed wide from a corner with nearly the last touch of the game.
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“In the second half, when they changed the shape, we changed the shape also and Ashley Young played as the right full-back”.
