Dhanda’s living the dream for Swansea

IF YOU want to make a good impression at your new club, scoring the winner within seconds of coming off the bench with your first touch in front of the travelling fans should just do about do it.

Never mind that you had spent the day dreaming about it.

It looked as though Yan Dhanda, 19, who was released by Liverpool in the summer, would have little time to show much to Swansea’s new manager Graham Potter when he entered the fray with just four minutes remaining.

However, with the score locked at 1-1, Dhanda was celebrating hitting the winner seconds later to give him a moment he will never forget.

“It was a bit crazy,” said Dhanda. “It’s all a bit of a blur. I was imagining it all day, coming on and scoring, because I knew I wasn’t going to start.

“All day in the hotel room, I’ve imagined coming on and scoring, replaying it over and over again. When the chance came, I sprinted to get into the box – it fell to me, and that was it. It was like it had happened before, but it seems like a dream now.

“I didn’t really expect to score but that’s what I was aiming for. It’s everyone’s dream to come on and score on their debut. For it to actually happen is just unbelievable.”

It looked as if Potter’s first game was going to end in defeat when George Baldock side-footed Sheffield United in front after 62 minutes. However, striker Oli McBurnie put the visitors level 19 minutes from time and Dhanda turned the game on its head from close range.

The sight of his close pal and former team-mate Trent Alexander-Arnold at