SWANS ALL BUT SAFE THANKS TO ON-LOAN BLUEBIRD
test headed towards the interval.
Paterson should have livened things up on the stroke of half-time. But after setting himself up for a oneon-one effort with the keeper by pinching the ball off Cameron Humphreys, his rasping effort was palmed away by the keeper.
Johansson had to be alert just moments later, parrying away Ronald’s stinging shot on the edge of the area to bring the curtain down on what was a slightly frustrating first half for the hosts.
Swansea still remained in control after the break, but similarly struggled to really test Johansson as the contest approached the hour mark.
Harry Darling directed a tame header straight at the Millers keeper from a Paterson corner, while Ronald hit a similarly weak low effort into his arms moments later.
Rinomhota sent a speculative shot high and wide at the other end as the visitors showed some sign of vaguely threatening to test Carl Rushworth, who would end the day without a save to make.
Even so, Swansea’s sluggishness in the final third didn’t go unnoticed by Williams, who threw on Aimar Govea and Walsh in an attempt to make their dominance of the ball count.
And the two substitutes were at the heart of the opening goal, which finally arrived 17 minutes from time.
Govea did well to win a corner after weaving his way into the Rotherham box, with Walsh’s resulting setpiece headed into his own net by Rinomhota at the near post.
Millers substitute Tom Eaves very nearly snatched a point for the visitors deep into stoppage-time, but could only head wide as the Swans eased their way to back-to-back league wins for only the second time since October.