Home comfort at long last for un-lukey boss Williams

LUKE WILLIAMS finally found some home comfort with Swansea.

After four straight defeats in front of his own fans, the Swans head coach won his first league game at home to ease their relegation fears.

Williams had plundered a couple of away wins in his eight matches in charge so far, but two strikes from Joe Allen and Jamie Paterson proved that he can do it on his own manor too.

Sammie Szmodics scored his 25th of the season to bring Blackburn back into things, but no wins in five league games leaves them just a point above the relegation zone.

“We started on the front foot and were very strong,” said Williams. “Back-to-back wins are brilliant because they start to build belief.

“I am really proud of how we withstood that comeback from them.

“But we need to improve how we attack a lead, rather than defend a lead.”

Former Wales star Allen swept the ball home for the opener before Paterson made it 2-0 after a mistake by Rovers’ Andrew Moran.

Szmodics volleyed home from a free-kick midway through the second half but the Swans muscled up and held firm.

Blackburn boss John Eustace said: “I’m disappointed to have lost the game because I felt in the first half we started slowly and conceded two really poor goals.

“That hasn’t been at all like these boys since I’ve come in.” SWANSEA: Rushworth 7; Naughton 6, Cabango 8, Wood 7, Tymon 6; Allen 6 (Fulton (65) 6), Grimes 7; Ronald 6 (Cooper (82) 6), Paterson 7 (Lowe (71) 6), Placheta 6 (Yates (66) 6); Cullen 6 (Patino (82) 6) BLACKBURN: Pears 6; Hyam 6, Mcfadzean 5 (Sigurdsson (46) 7), Wharton 6; Brittain 6, Buckley 7 (Gilsenan (90) 6), Moran 5 (Ayari (46) 6), Pickering 5 (Chrisene (67) 7); Dolan 6 (Markanday (67) 6), Szmodics 7, Gallagher 6 STAR MAN: Ben Cabango – Blood and thunder show at centre-back. REF: Rebecca Welch 7