Swansea v Newcastle

FT 90 +4
HT 0-0

Substitute Luke Moore's first Premier League goal of the season gave Swansea a hard-earned win against Newcastle at the Liberty Stadium.

The win takes Swansea to 40 points but they had to survive sustained pressure from the visiting side.

Newcastle hit the crossbar and forced a series of saves from goalkeeper Michel Vorm in the second half.

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Swansea manager Michael Laudrup

The result sees Alan Pardew's Magpies drop to 15th place, 10 points behind Michael Laudrup's Swans.

Newcastle might feel aggrieved at the result, especially after a second half in which they looked the stronger side.

In fact, before Moore's late intervention, it had taken a finger tip save by goalkeeper Michel Vorm from Yohan Cabaye's fierce shot to keep the home team level.

Fellow Frenchman Moussa Sissoko also proved a handful for the Swansea defence, but Laudrup's team showed some steel to go with the style for which they are renowned.

The Swans had the Capital One Cup on display by the side of the pitch for inspiration but made a shaky start even so, with Garry Monk almost caught out at the back for the hosts.

But with Angel Rangel causing problems down the right-hand side, they soon had chances with Michu heading over from close range and then Steven Taylor having to clear Ashley Williams's close-range effort off the line.

Match facts

Swansea City have lost just twice at the Liberty Stadium this season, against Everton and Norwich.
Newcastle have won just once in their last six away games in the Premier League.

The defender should really have scored after Michu had touched the ball past goalkeeper Rob Elliott from Jonathan de Guzman's free-kick.

Newcastle harried Swansea, their physical approach earning bookings for Cabaye and Cheick Tiote, the latter rather unluckily as he clearly did not make contact with with Nathan Dyer.

Monk headed over from eight yards from another De Guzman free-kick as Swansea continued to have the better chances, but they could not find the breakthrough before the interval.

The home team again almost took the lead in the opening minutes of the second half, but were denied by a fine double save from Rob Elliott, the Magpies keeper palming Rangel's shot away and managing to keep out De Guzman's follow-up as well.

Newcastle enjoyed their best period in the second half, though first Papiss Cisse and then Yoan Gouffran failed to test Vorm.

But the goalkeeper had to be on his mettle when he touched Cabaye's shot onto the crossbar.

Vorm was suddenly the busiest player on the field, turning around a swerving long-range effort by Sissoko.

But the breakthrough came at the other end, as Wayne Routledge's cross deflected off Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa into Moore's path, and his shot found its way into the corner via a deflection off Cabaye.

Swansea City manager Michael Laudrup:

"I think we were excellent in the first 45 minutes. I was a little concerned there would be a reaction after the cup win last week, [but] not at all. They were excellent for 45 minutes.

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Defeat to Swansea 'galling' - Pardew

"Second half they came out they put us under pressure, they had a couple of good chances or three.

"Michel Vorm had a couple of very good saves, so at that point it looked as though they were going to maybe score the goal and win the game, and then we scored."

Newcastle manager Alan Pardew:

"We are frustrated and disappointed we did not even get a draw as we more than deserved that.

"We sat off them for the first 20 minutes of the first half but we sorted that at half-time. In the second half I thought they had settled for a draw, they knew they were doing well to stay in it.

"But when we did not score in that great period we had you know any mistake can be costly and that is what happened.

"We missed two or three big chances and you cannot do that at this level. The goal was sloppy, it's a ball into the box, we had four defenders there and it should have been dealt with better, unfortunately it wasn't and it cost us."

Lineup, Bookings (2) & Substitutions (5)

Swansea City

01 Vorm
06 Williams
16 Monk
22 Rangel
33 Davies
07 Britton (Moore - 76' )
09 Michu
11 Pablo (Tiendalli - 88' )
12 Dyer (Ki Sung-Yeung - 60' )
15 Routledge
20 De Guzman

Substitutes

25 Tremmel
02 Bartley
21 Tiendalli
24 Ki Sung-Yeung
14 Lamah
17 Shechter
19 Moore

Newcastle United

21 Elliot
03 Santon
13 Yanga-M'Biwa
26 Debuchy
27 S Taylor
04 Cabaye Booked
07 Sissoko
18 Gutierrez (Marveaux - 90' )
24 Tiote Booked (Sh Ameobi - 90' )
09 Cisse
11 Gouffran

Substitutes

42 Alnwick
14 Perch
19 Haidara
08 Anita
22 Marveaux
25 Obertan
23 Sh Ameobi

Ref: Pawson

Att: 20,405

Match Stats

Possession 57 43

Shots

10 14

On target

7 7

Corners

7 7

Fouls

9 17

Live Text Commentary

90:00 +3:29 Full time

Full Time The referee blows for the end of the match.

90:00 +2:55

Mathieu Debuchy concedes a free kick for a foul on Wayne Routledge. Free kick taken by Sung-Yeung Ki.

90:00 +1:20

Unfair challenge on Miguel Michu by Shola Ameobi results in a free kick. Jonathan de Guzman takes the free kick.

90:00 +0:29

Yohan Cabaye sends in a cross.

90:00 +0:05

Foul by Luke Moore on Mathieu Debuchy, free kick awarded. Mathieu Debuchy takes the direct free kick.

89:07 Substitution

Substitution Sylvain Marveaux comes on in place of Jonas Gutierrez.

89:07 Substitution

Substitution Shola Ameobi joins the action as a substitute, replacing Cheick Tiote.

87:16 Substitution

Substitution Dwight Tiendalli replaces Pablo Hernandez.

86:51

Corner taken left-footed by Yohan Cabaye from the left by-line, Moussa Sissoko produces a right-footed shot from just outside the box that misses to the right of the goal.

84:56

Assist by Wayne Routledge.

84:56 Goal scored

Goal - Luke Moore - Swansea 1 - 0 Newcastle Luke Moore gets on the score sheet with a goal from close range to the bottom right corner of the goal. Swansea 1-0 Newcastle.