Swansea City 1 Burnley 0
Swansea backed up their opening-day win at Manchester United with victory over battling Burnley at the Liberty Stadium.
Nathan Dyer’s 23rd minute goal saw off the Clarets but it was not without scare as Burnley dominated the second half and probably should have returned home to Lancashire with a point.
Danny Ings was a constant thorn in the Swansea defence and goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski had to make an excellent second-half stop to deny David Jones and preserve the 1-0 success.
“It’s a fantastic start and great to have six points, I’m not going to lie about that,” manager Garry Monk said after the game. “The way I am, the players know we have a (Capital One Cup) game on Tuesday and that is what we focus on.
“It’s the best start we could have had, but we know we are only two games from being on your back and getting dragged down. We have to build on what we’ve done and improve on mistakes.”
Monk was delighted with how Swansea withstood Burnley’s second-half assault.
“It was very hard. The first half we controlled the game and if we could have got a second that would have made it easier,” Monk said. “We spoke at half-time that they would throw everything at us and we weren’t at our fluent best, but we dug in and defended well.
“Burnley were in a no-lose situation but we limited them to one shot on target and defended very well the whole game.
“We know we have to show the other side of the game and there are times when you have to dig in.
“The boys were magnificent in that respect and that comes from the work we have done in pre-season. We would have liked it to be more comfortable but six points in two games is all you can ask for.”
