Escape no joke for Carvalhal

CARLOS Carvalhal knows how to be boring on the pitch and a laugh off it – which makes him a manager of the season contender in Alfie Mawson’s eyes.

The Swansea boss is on course to pull off a great escape act after arriving in December. The Swans were bottom but are now four points above the drop zone.

Carvalhal knows how to raise a laugh in interviews with quirky quotes but is happy to take a pragmatic approach – battling hard to earn this draw following Jordan Ayew’s red card after just 11 minutes. Mawson, below, said: “He has done something right. We’re feeding off him. He’s a laugh but when he gets down to business, he means business.” Huddersfield, also four points off the drop zone, dominated with 30 efforts on goal but only four on target. Defender Mathias Jorgensen said: “Sometimes you are just unlucky.”