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Swansea scored their first goals, and collected their first win of the new Premier League season, after easing past West Brom.Scott Sinclair's early penalty broke the deadlock as the Welsh side found the net for the first time in more than six hours of top-flight football.
Leroy Lita extended their lead before half-time when he headed home after a well-worked corner.
Nathan Dyer's 49th-minute strike made sure of the points as he punished further poor defending from the Baggies after the break.
THE GOALS:
14mins: Sinclair sends Ben Foster the wrong way from the penalty spot after Joe Allen is hauled down by Paul Scharner's clumsy tackle. (1-0)
24mins: Poor marking sees Sinclair find room to head Mark Gower's corner into the path of Lita who powers home from close-range. (2-0)
49mins: Dyer makes the most of poor defending as he collects Lita's flick-on and drills home through Foster's legs. (3-0)
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS:
4mins: Sinclair scuffs his shot wide after latching on to Youssouf Mulumu's error.
22mins: Shane Long is presented with a gift after latching onto Neil Taylor's poor pass, but blazes over the crossbar.
32mins: Long's shot is palmed over by Swansea goalkeeper Michel Vorm.
34mins: Ashley Williams is fortunate to escape without conceding a penalty after the ball struck his hand after going to ground in a tackle.
56mins: Peter Odemwingie shoots over the crossbar in a rare flowing move from West Brom.
60mins: Chris Brunt sees his header rightly ruled out after straying offside.
65mins: James Morrison's free-kick is tipped over by Vorm.
83mins: A sickening clash of heads between Taylor and Odemwingie sees the Swansea defender carried off on a stretcher after lengthy treatment.
REACTION:
Brendan Rodgers was relieved to see his Swansea side get off the mark:
"I thought we thoroughly deserved to win, it was a very complete performance. We have now had three clean sheets in five games and we got the rub of the green at the other end. I thought our composure was good and were patient which helped us."
On maintaining their playing style:
"We wanted to play the same way and the only way we know, and I thought we did that. It settled the crowd and I thought that some of our play against a very good side with a top class manager, that was a real credit to us."
On the emotional week for him and his club:
"It's not been an easy week but I'm back to work now. My thoughts go out to the families of the miners and this was for them."
Roy Hodgson admitted defensive errors cost his West Brom side dearly:
"I thought we played poorly but Swansea played very well. We were below what I expect us to achieve. The goals we conceded were defensive errors. It started with Paul Scharner's tackle for the penalty, which was ill-advised. We had to show character in the second-half and three minutes later we concede again."
On the result:
"I have no complaints. The only positive is that we kept going and didn't capitulate, but the result never looked in danger."
On their start to the season:
"It's too early to look at dips in form. It's one game and you will have bad days. You will have days when you lose unluckily, like the Stoke game, and when you deserve to like here."
On the sickening clash of heads between Taylor and Odemwingie:
"It was a clash of heads. It was unfortunate, but nothing more than an accident."
WHAT IT MEANS: How Swansea needed this win to get their season going. It was always likely once one goal went in, then more would follow. But they wouldn't have expected to have scored three times and have it so easy against a poor West Brom side who failed to turn up. The Baggies were second best all afternoon but they didn't help themselves with their woeful defending. They managed to escape against another of the promoted sides in Norwich last time out, but there was no such luck here. On this evidence, they will be in for a long season after this lacklustre showing.
SWANSEA 3 (Sinclair 14 pen, Lita 24, Dyer 49) WEST BROM 0
PLAYER MARKING:
Swansea (4-3-3): Vorm 6; Rangel 7, Monk 7, Williams 7, Taylor 6 (Bessone 85, 6); Britton 8, Gower 7, Allen 6, Dyer 7 (Routledge 70, 6), Sinclair 8, Lita 7 (Moore 70, 6).
Subs not used: Tremmel, Dobbie, Richards, Lucas.
West Brom (4-4-2): Foster 5; Reid 5, Dawson 5, Olsson 5, Shorey 6; Morrison 5, Mulumbu 6 (Dorrans 46, 6), Scharner 5 (Cox 66, 6), Thomas 5 (Brunt 46, 6); Long 6, Odemwingie 6.
Subs not used: Fulop, McAuley, Jones, Fortune.
REFEREE: Martin Atkinson
ATTENDANCE: 20, 341
NEXT UP:
Swansea v Chelsea, (away), Premier League, 24/09, 1500 BST
West Brom v Everton, (away), Carling Cup, 21/09, 2000 BST
MAN OF THE MATCH:
Leon Britton (Swansea): Stopped West Brom from playing in his midfield holding position and was always alive to setting up a Swansea attack.
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