Swansea City manager, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Michael-c25261 Laudrup, has claimed that he was not surprised at his side’s 2-0 win over Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday.
The home team looked lacklustre for large chunks of the match and struggled to cope with the brisk pace and fluent passing moves of the visitors.
Although the match looked set to end in a goalless stalemate, the Swans prolific forward and summer acquisition, Michu, who is currently the highest goalscorer for the club, fired a brace late on to inspire his side to a memorable victory.
The South http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wales-c3041 outfit now find themselves at the seventh place in the Premier League’s standings. The win must have rekindled a slight ray of hope in the minds of the fans for their team’s chances of qualifying for Europe. The Swans will need to finish
inside the top-six in order to secure a Europa League berth.
Earlier before the match, the Liberty Stadium boss had predicted that the game at the Emirates will be an easy one for his side, as the North London club have lost their sting recently.
Nonetheless, Laudrup praised his team for coming out all guns blazing and keeping the hosts under pressure right from the start.
The Dane also claimed that the result did not come as a huge surprise to him, as Swansea have now made it a habit of beating the best teams in the competition.
“We knew coming here the pressure was on http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429 because they needed a win, so I told the boys to just go out and play their own game,” he told the reporters.
“You can't always win at the big teams, because they have players who only need a chance and it is a goal, which is the difference.”
“However, I would not now say Arsenal have lost something, they just came up against a good team - because we are Swansea, you can't say 'well, you can't do that to Arsenal.”
The Welsh club will next face the in-form Norwich City at home on Saturday. The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Canaries-c38723 are riding on an eight-match unbeaten streak and promise to be formidable opponents for Laudrup’s men.
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