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opportunity,” admitted boss Cooper. “It’s about looking after your own business. My focus is on us not winning, not Watford.
“You can look at it as a point closer to Watford, but I’ve always said, whatever is left to play for, we’re going to go for it.
“The start of the second half was really poor. I was disappointed to say the least. We
WYCOMBE 8 ........ Shots on Target ......... 5 2 ........ Shots off Target ......... 5 4 ................ Corners ................. 5 9 .................. Fouls .................. 14 4 ............... Offsides ................ 0 77.4 ...Passing Success % ...... 66 460 ...... Total Passes ........ 282 61.4 ..... Possession % ..... 38.6 40.6 .Territorial Adv % .. 59.4
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allowed them to score two soft goals as you have to do the non-negotiables.
“But the players showed a lot of heart and courage and some good play to get back in the game. We shouldn’t lose sight of that. In the end, it leaves you with real mixed emotions.”
If you put aside the 24 games Wycombe have lost this season — more than any other club in the Championship — they’re not a bad side.
They proved as much with a dominant first half and then two thumping strikes from Muske and McCleary that left Swans stunned at 2-0 down within six minutes of the restart. Without Ayew, the Swansea lacked a focal point, but Yan Dhanda’s appearance off the bench gave them more of a creative spark and they finally came to life in a frantic final quarter.
A handball gave Lowe
SWANSEA CITY: Woodman 5; Naughton 5 (Dhanda 54, 6), Bennett 6, Guehi 8, Manning 7; Roberts 6, Fulton 5 (Smith 54, 6), Grimes 7, Hourihane 4 (Whittaker 54, 6); Ayew 6 (Routledge 8, 5 [Cullen 76, 7]), Lowe 6.
Unused subs: Hamer, Latibeaudiere, Bidwell, Cabango.
WYCOMBE: Stockdale 6; McCarthy 7, Grimmer 7, Stewart 7, Jacobson 7; Adeniran 6, Thompson 7, Onyedinma 7; Muskwe 8, McCleary 7 (Horgan 74, 6), Ikpeazu 7 (Akinfenwa 85). Unused subs: Allsop, Wheeler, Bloomfield, Phillips, Samuel, Obita, Mehmeti.
MAN OF THE MATCH: Admiral Muskwe. Awkward and ungainly, but so difficult to stop in full flow.
REFEREE: Keith Stroud 6. the chance to pull a goal back from the spot in the 80th minute and three minutes later a brave header from substitute Cullen tied the scores.
Both teams had chances to win late on with former Swan Adebayo Akinfenwa heading against the post for Wycombe and the Welsh side’s Ryan Manning claiming a penalty.
Ainsworth insist the Wanderers can walk free and said: “I’m frustrated, but full of pride. We were fantastic and scored the better goals.”