Monk’s assistant Pep Clotet and first-team coaches James Beattie and Kristian O’Leary also left Swansea on Thursday.
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Today we have ManchesterCity hosting Swansea at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester. “When Gomis scored, I thought it would’ve been a fantastic point for us”.
Alan Curtis – who has taken caretaker charge of the club after 11 years, will do his best to try and make the most of this game in honor of Garry Monk, who led the side to an 8th placed finish last year, but was mercilessly axed after a series of bad results that has seen the team fall below the wayside.
Man City V Swansea – view commentary, squad, and statistics of the game live.
City move top on goal difference, above previous leaders Leicester City – who host champions Chelsea on Monday – but could be joined on 32 points by Manchester United, who visit Bournemouth later on Saturday.
To the players, they have been a true privilege to work with and to create some special memories together.
But Yaya Toure’s injury time goal, which looked like it came off Kelechi Iheanacho, meant Swansea went back to Wales with nothing to show for a spirited performance. It was Ighalo’s 10th goal of the season, while Lukaku has 12. Wes Hoolahan equalised for the struggling Canaries. Whereas Villa had made their appointment, Swansea are only just beginning their search for a new manager and will be under the charge of a caretaker boss in Alan Curtis.
Wilfried Bony, who left Swansea for 25 million pounds ($38 million) in January, put City in front with a 26th-minute header but the title favourites of many pundits again failed to convince.
Swansea felt they were deprived of a perfectly good equaliser when a Gylfi Sigurdsson strike was ruled out late on but they were well worth the draw that Gomis appeared to have earned them minutes later when he latched on to Federico Fernandez’s pass to shoot past Hart.
Pellegrini sounded only partially satisfied with the victory.
“We need every point we can and we will strive to be competitive and get something out of a hard game”. Swansea, with five defeats and two wins in their last eight away outings, must also get back on the scoring trail after failing to find the net in seven of their last 11 outings, including four of the last five.
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In the day’s other match, West Ham United drew 0-0 at home to Stoke City, who hit the bar through Marko Arnautovic.
