For Swansea City the outlook is much brighter following a first win of the season achieved through goals either side of half-time from Tammy Abraham and Jordan Ayew. Up front Christian Benteke cut a frustrated figure as he regularly failed to link up with Jason Puncheon and Andros Townsend. Palace posed more of a threat in the second half and Townsend could well have pulled a goal back with a side-footed shot that went just wide. But Swansea coped and overall created the better chances, most notably an Alfie Mawson header on 36 minutes that landed just past the post. “This was an important win for us given we drew our first game and lost our second 4-0,” said Clement.

Source: The Guardian August 26, 2017 16:15 UTC