Williams says swansea 'have to find a way' of reversing form after coventry loss

THE SWANS FELL TO DEFEAT AT HOME TO COVENTRY CITY PRESS ASSOCIATION 18:37, 01 Feb 2025 Luke Williams admitted the "best side won" after Swansea City's dreadful form continued

with a 2-0 defeat by Coventry City at the Swansea.com Stadium. While Coventry are now only three points adrift of the play-offs, Swansea's woeful run of seven games without a win in all

competitions this year has seen them plummet to 17th place. They are now only seven points above the relegation zone. The Swansea fans booed their side off the pitch at half-time and at the

final whistle, although most of their anger was aimed at the board for selling skipper Matt Grimes to Coventry on Friday. SIGN UP TO OUR SWANSEA CITY NEWSLETTER HERE. "We tried to give

us some more bodies in the middle of the pitch because Matty is tough to replace," said Swansea boss Luke Williams. "We tried to change things a little bit to see if we can adapt.

I think the front two for Coventry really caused us a lot of problems - they were the big difference between the two teams. "The best side won, but we weren't able to cope with

them. It's very difficult to be the same type of team without Matt Grimes, for the moment. Article continues below "We need to try to find a way to control the game again. We made

some good openings, but we didn't make enough of them. We're not the team at the moment that can make one or two chances and score one or two goals. We have to find a way."

Frank Lampard hailed Coventry's "very complete performance" as they made it four wins in a row to move up to 11th in the Sky Bet Championship table. First-half goals from

strikers Ellis Simms and Brandon Thomas-Asante made it a very comfortable afternoon for the Sky Blues as they won for the first time in south Wales since beating Cardiff 1-0 in October 2022.

WHATSAPP: SIGN UP TO THE SWANSEA CITY WHATSAPP SERVICE TO GET BREAKING NEWS AND TOP STORIES SENT TO YOUR PHONE "It was a very complete performance, other than another few goals to make

it even more comfortable because a game is never done at 2-0," said Lampard. "Everything about the performance on and off the ball, and in creating chances was good, and

defensively we were spot on all over the pitch. Article continues below "All the things you want to win away from home we did. We are on a good run, but I'm not getting too carried

away because I know things can flip very quickly in football and we have to play the best team in the league on Wednesday (Leeds). "They were two really good goals and one was

fantastic. They have to be a threat when they play together up front and what they are doing makes them a threat. "Eight or 10 games ago we weren't winning headers up front or

holding up the ball, but now we are and you can see the difference. It has to continue and it can get even better."