ROSENIOR INCENSED AT TIGERS’ GIVEAWAY
LIAM Rosenior conceded his Hull de- served to lose after they dropped out of the top six.
Liam Cullen scored after ten minutes as Swansea pulled further away from the relegation zone by beating a Hull side who lacked the final pass to open up their opponents.
Rosenior admitted: “We didn’t deserve anything today. It’s one of the few times I can say that since I’ve been here.
“When you do that, you give the opposition momentum. Credit to Swansea, we gave them a leg up and they won the game.”
Swansea benefitted from Cullen’s free run into the area and Rosenior admitted his players needed to be more astute in that kind of situation.
He added: “If we mark the player properly we don’t get blocked. That’s the things we work on in training.
“Our performance wasn’t good enough by our standards, and we’ve cost ourselves a point.
“We gave the ball away cheaply and when you do that you give the opposition energy, you give them oxygen.”
Josh Tymon created the first opening for the visitors after seven minutes but his driven cross from the left was too quick for any of his teammates to connect with.
With ten minutes gone, Swansea forced the first corner which Tymon swung in low from the left and Cullen ran in unmarked to steer a left-foot shot inside the near post.
Hull tried to respond, and Anass Zaroury swung in a cross from the left, but it was too far in front of Regan Slater’s run to threaten the Swansea goal.
The Swans should have had a second after 22 minutes when the ball came in from the right, but Przemyslaw Placheta headed back across the area when he should have aimed for an open goal.
Hull were getting punished for mistakes and only a tackle in his own area by Slater halted another attack, before Ronald fired over following a free-kick.
A surging run by Jaden Philogene was halted by Ben Cabango’s foul, but the fact the Tigers wasted the free-kick was indicative of a lacklustre firsthalf display.
A raking pass down the middle from Alfie Jones found Turfan just offside as he ran towards the Swansea goal in the opening minutes of the second half.
Sub Billy Sharp nearly made an instant impact as he reached Turfan’s through ball before Rushworth, but Nathan Wood got back to clear.
Cullen nearly had his second when Hull failed to clear a cross, but steered his shot just wide.
Tymon fired in a cross from the left which Ryan Allsop beat away at his near post for a corner, but Swansea could not repeat their first-half goal.
Philogene forced Rushworth to save with his knees at the near post as the home side looked for a late equaliser.
Allsop beat away a rising shot from Tymon and then gathered the loose ball as Swansea pushed for a second, but they had already done enough.