Luke Williams believed Swansea produced the “most complete performance” of his tenure so far as they claimed a 2-0 Championship victory over derby rivals Cardiff.
Liam Cullen put Swansea ahead in the 34th minute before missing a penalty six minutes into the second half.
But Jamal Lowe bagged his seventh goal of the season – in the sixth minute of second-half stoppage-time – to cap off a fine win for the Swans, who ended the Bluebirds’ four-game winning streak.
It was Swansea’s fifth win from six matches against Cardiff and went some way to avenging their 2-0 loss in the reverse fixture last September.
“We won in a really positive way, I can’t argue with the way we went about it today,” said the Swansea boss.
“I think the combination of intensity and aggression combined with calmness and clarity is something we’re all striving for.
“I think it’s fair to say we’ve seen one or the other in recent performances or we’ve seen periods where we’ve done both well.
“But today felt like the most complete performance so far.
“It’s unrealistic for us to expect to not have any pressure (against us), but we were very dominant for the majority of the game and the big chances in the game, we created all of them.”
Meanwhile, opposite number Erol Bulut admitted some of his players went “hiding” as Cardiff failed to cope with the hosts’ intensity in the first-half.
The Bluebirds failed to register a single shot on target in the opening 45 and – on the whole – flattered to deceive as they missed out on securing a first-ever league double over the Swans.
And Bulut was less than impressed with the way his players started the contest at the Swansea.com Stadium.
“With the pressing Swansea made against us, we had to keep the ball in midfield, but we didn’t ask for the ball in midfield, we were hiding too much in the midfield,” he said.
“If you are hiding, you cannot get out of the press. You have to ask for the ball, this was not there in the first half.
“That’s why in the second half I made the changes, bringing two players in and we managed it a little bit better and the rest who came in, I think it was quite good.
“We will not put our heads down and make big trouble of this because we lost.
“When we see the last weeks, how we worked and how we came back when we’ve been on the bottom, we will be back again.
“We still have eight games to play, we have the international break, we will rest well, train well and come back strong again.”
Swansea were dealt a blow as Ben Cabango missed out with a calf injury and is now poised to be unavailable for Wales’ Euro 2024 play-off campaign.
Cabango’s fellow defender Kyle Naughton was withdrawn during the derby due to a hamstring issue, with Williams stating the injury “doesn’t look good”.
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