2-1 win at Aston Villa despite falling behind, and has
sympathy for Tim Sherwood.
Swansea City manager Garry Monk said he feels for Aston Villa
counterpart Tim Sherwood after his side came from behind to
condemn their hosts to a sixth successive Premier League
defeat.
A late goal from Andre Ayew completed the comeback for the
Swans after Ayew's brother Jordan had opened the scoring with
his first Premier League goal.
Gylfi Sigurdsson had earlier equalised with a trademark free-kick
and Monk said his team deserved the win.
"I talked to the players this week a lot about the character of the
team and what we stand for and that we needed to show it this
weekend," he said.
Monk had come under fire in the press for a poor run of form,
with the Swans without a win away from home all season before
their trip to Villa Park.
The Swansea boss had even been linked with a switch to Villa to
replace Sherwood, but Monk said he ignores the "circus" away
from football.
"It's a difficult job," said Monk.
"You can be flavour of the month and a few people who know
nothing about football start talking and then everyone jumps on
the bandwagon.
"Of course it's results-driven, we understand that, that's the job
that we're in, but it can turn very quickly. I've experienced that
this week, from practically nothing to where I was at the end of
the week in terms of the criticism I was receiving myself."
Monk added that his team deserves "massive credit" for their
performance, especially in the second half.
He said: "Some of our build-up play was a lot better. The goals
themselves were excellent and we deserved that. I think overall
we deserved the three points."
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