Manchester United in four meetings with victory
in the Premier League on Saturday.
Swansea City scored a deflected winner to
record yet another 2-1 victory over Manchester
United in the Premier League on Saturday.
The Welsh club beat United by the same
scoreline in last season's FA Cup third-round tie
at Old Trafford, before pulling off a repeat away
performance on the opening day of the current
league campaign.
And Jonjo Shelvey's thunderous 73rd-minute
strike, which deflected off the head of Bafetimbi
Gomis, who was ultimately credited with the
goal, means three of the last four meetings
between these sides have finished 2-1 in
Swansea's favour.
After Swansea had looked the more dangerous in
the opening stages, it was the visitors who went
in front thanks to Ander Herrera's deflected shot
shortly before the half-hour mark.
Yet Swansea were level two minutes later, when
Ki Sung-yueng got his boot to a Shelvey cross
from the left.
United put Swansea under sustained pressure
for long spells of the second half, but the hosts
struck late on to subject Louis van Gaal's men to
a first defeat in five league matches.
Robin van Persie's return from injury saw
Radamel Falcao drop to the bench following a
disappointing display at Preston North End in
the FA Cup on Monday, while Swansea adopted
an unfamiliar narrow formation as Gylfi
Sigurdsson made his comeback from a three-
match ban.
Garry Monk's new set-up almost paid off in the
opening stages as Wayne Routledge found a gap
in the United defence, but Sigurdsson's eventual
effort deflected wide.
Gomis' powerful header from the resulting
corner looked destined for the bottom left-hand
corner before being cleared off the line by
Herrera, and the French striker nodded over soon
after.
United offered little in attack early on and Van
Persie was unable to find the target from a tight
angle when goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski flapped
at a Wayne Rooney cross.
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