Swansea City 2, Manchester United 1; has a good ring to it doesn’t it?

Well yes, it happened again on Sunday as the Swans defeated Louis van Gaal’s team at the Liberty Stadium.

United started the better of the two sides though, maintaining a majority of possession and controlling proceedings in the first 25 minutes. Schweinsteiger, Schneiderlin and Herrera did well in the opening stages, creating some openings, but there was no clear chances for the Red Devils with Memphis Depay, Wayne Rooney and Juan Mata rather ineffective.

But after the half-hour mark, Swansea were the team with momentum. Andre Ayew caused problems for the shaky United defence, and Bafe Gomis outmatched Daley Blind. Gomis then went and proved this by nutmegging Blind, skipping past Chris Smalling but his shot hit the post – what a goal that would have been. Moments before that though, Jonjo Shelvey drilled a low ball into the box which wriggled past United and found the feet of Gylfi Sigurdsson, but the Icelander missed the target.

Half-time came and it was 0-0 as the two sides went into the changing rooms. But the teams came back out, and it was United who started the better again. In the 48th minute, Luke Shaw’s cross found Juan Mata on the back post, and the Spaniard finished well.

Minutes after Mata’s opener, Garry Monk replaced Wayne Routledge with Ki Sung-Yueng as he changed the formation around. The Swans went for the diamond then with Cork, Shelvey, Ki and Sigurdsson in midfield, just like last time we beat United. The change made a whole lot of difference in the game from then on. In the 61st minute, Ashley Williams bombed forward and played through to Sigurdsson who crossed the ball in and found the head of Andre Ayew – goal!

Then just five minutes later, Ayew was back in the thick of it and sent a sublime through ball to Gomis who then slotted the ball in the goal. Sergio Romero should have probably saved it, but Gomis will take it all day long – eight goals in nine games, and a fourth this season for our French striker.

After Swansea took the lead, van Gaal sent on Mauroane Fellaini meaning one thing – hoof ball! The Swans’ defence was resolute though and contained United terrifically well. A special mention must go out to Ashley Williams too, as he was immense.

The game finished 2-1 to Swansea in what was another victory over the Red Devils. That’s three Swansea wins in the last three meetings between the two clubs now. Van Gaal’s good, but he’s no Garry Monk is he?