We’re not so Dyer after this great Cup run

JORDAN AYEW and Nathan Dyer fired Swansea into the FA Cup quarter-finals for the first time since 1964.

And it was a sweet win for charismatic Swansea boss Carlos Carvalhal who was forced out of Hillsborough last year.

He has since dragged Swansea off the foot of the Premier League and now they have a last-eight tie to relish against either Spurs or Rochdale.

But the top-flight strugglers continue to do it the hard way in the Cup this term after second half goals from Ayew and Dyer.

Swansea are the first Premier League side to be taken to replays in the third, fourth and fifth rounds since Middlesbrough 2007.

Goal hero Dyer said: “The run has helped. Having back-to-back games and confidence that we needed to build up – and getting those draws and wins helped us going into the Premier League.”

Wednesday nearly took the lead in the 29th minute but Kristoffer Nordfeldt halted Jacob Butterfield’s right-foot shot.

Swansea responded in the 32nd minute when Sam Clucas put an overhead kick wide from Tom Carroll’s dinked pass.

And they could have gone in ahead at the break but Ki SungYeung fired into the side-netting and Tammy Abraham didn’t get enough on a cross. Carvalhal threw on Ayew and Martin Olsson at the break. And they took the lead 10 minutes in from Ayew’s close-range finish.

Credit goes to Carroll whose right-foot effort hit both posts before rebounding to Ayew.

Dyer got on the scoresheet in the 80th minute with a low finish through Cameron Dawson’s legs to wrap up the tie.