0 Double delight

OBA BREAKS TREND

OH BOY, OBA

Swansea’s Michael Obafemi scores to make it 1-0 (inset) and celebrates his goal to make it 4-0... to the delight of boss Russell Martin (below)

MICHAEL OBAFEMI drove a bulldozer through a stacked 110year history between these clubs to leave Cardiff’s revival in ruins.

The Swansea striker scored his team’s first and last goals as they totally outclassed their rivals with their biggest Welsh derby victory since 1949.

The Obafemi destruction – which sandwiched goals from Ben Cabango and Hannes Wolf – also demolished one of Welsh football’s best-known and quirkiest statistics.

No club had previously done a league double over the other in over a century of trying, but that record can now be swept away with the post-match debris.

“There’s only one team in Wales,” chanted delirious Swansea fans as they inflicted a humiliating defeat on their closest and most bitter rivals. Judged on this result – and the 3-0 home victory in October – that claim rings true, although elsewhere on their travels the Swans have often been fragile.

For that reason, this victory still leaves them back in 16th place – one place above Cardiff – and the task for head coach Russell Martin is to bring consistency next season.

“This is the best moment I have had as a manager, without doubt,” said Martin.

“We were clinical and that is something we have not always been this season. We showed the team we can be and I hope it is a small reward to the supporters for the patience they have shown us.”

Obafemi swept home after just six minutes following a sublime exchange of passes with Jamie Paterson.

Cardiff boy Cabango then thumped home the second from a corner just before the hour, and Wolf headed home a third.

By the time Obafemi curled home a delicious fourth goal, many demoralised Cardiff fans were already hurrying through the exits.

The Bluebirds had won three and drawn one of their previous four games, but this was their biggest defeat under manager Steve Morison.

“It’s the losing that hurts,” said Morison.

“We have been on an incredible run and we have let everyone down today – myself, my staff, the players, we haven’t done enough for this football club.

“The silence in the dressing room said a thousand words.”