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Richarliso­n grabs late winner to boost Silva

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managers I’ve worked with. Tactically he’s very good and you can see he’s a quality manager.

“I’m excited to see how well we can do this season.”

Swansea’s third straight home defeat highlighte­d their lack of creative spark and defender Federico Fernandes admitted they are missing the touch of Gylfi Sigurdsson, who left for Everton, as well as his goals.

“It’s easy to say yes to that now,” said Fernandez.

“But we’ve brought in players like (Wilfried) Bony, Tammy and Roque (Mesa).

“We don’t have a real number 10 but we try to do our best.

“In the first half we didn’t feel comfortabl­e with the ball and passed it just three or four times. That’s hard because our style is keep the ball side to side and find the space.

“The only way to improve is to work, work, work.” SWANSEA (3-2-3-2): Fabianski 6; Van der Hoorn 6 (ABRAHAM 45, 8), Mawson 6, Fernandez 7; Naughton 5, Olsson 7; Fer 6, Clucas 6 (Mesa 45, 6), Carroll 6; Bony 6 (Sanches 85), Ayew 7. Subs: Norfeldt, Narsingh, Routledge, Rangel. UP NEXT: West Ham (a), Premier League, Saturday. WATFORD (4-2-3-1): Gomes 6; FEMENIA 8, Mariappa 7, Kabasele 6, Holebas 6; Cleverley 6, Doucoure 6; Richarliso­n 7, Capoue 6 (Wague 45, 6), Carrillo 7 (Pereyra 73); Gray 7 (Deeney 85). Subs: Karnezis, Janmaat, Success, Watson. UP NEXT: West Brom (a), Premier League, Saturday. Referee: Lee Mason 7. YOUR TURN: Who is the last man to have managed Swansea and Watford?

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