Swansea came from behind to defeat West
Bromwich Albion 2-1 at The Hawthorns on Saturday, recording just their
second win away from home this season.
West Brom led through a
Marc-Antoine Fortune goal eight minutes into the second, but allowed
Swansea to rebound with two quick goals from Gylfi Sigurdsson and Danny
Graham.
Roy Hodgson's men went into the match hovering a few
points above the relegation zone and with just two wins under their belt
all season at The Hawthorns.
Swansea, a point ahead of their
opponents in the Premier League, however, had the worst away record of
all 20 teams with just one win to their credit, coming over Aston Villa.
The
Welsh side had the best of the early play, dominating possession and
they went close to opening the score through Sigurdsson after four
minutes and again after 15 minutes.
West Brom counter-attacked and
Gareth McAuley headed narrowly wide from a Nicky Shorey cross and James
Morrison tested Swansea goalkeeper Michael Vorm with a long-range
effort after 22 minutes.
The home side in turn was having the best
of the pressure as the first half wound down and both Peter Odemwingie
and Jerome Thomas went close.
And it was The Baggies that went
ahead nine minutes into the second half when Cameroon striker Fortune
fired home from inside the six-yard box into the bottom left corner.
The Swansea reaction was immediate and devastating with two goals in the next four minutes.
Firstly,
the industrious Sigurdsson slotted home from close range for the
equaliser and then Graham made it 2-1, also from close in.
A
stunned West Brom poured forward in search of an equaliser and Morrison
pinged one effort over the bar before substitute Paul Scharner had a
snap shot well saved by Worm.
But Swansea held on to take all three points and in so doing easing themselves away from the relegation zone.
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