Swansea completed the double over Welsh rivals, Cardiff, as they produced one of the comfortable football results of the weekend in the Championship. Michale Obafemi opened the scoring in the sixth minute before Ben Cabango doubled their advantage in the 57th minute. Hannes Wolf made it three in the 78th minute before Obafemi scored his second of the game in the 82nd minute. It was their first-ever league double-over, Cardiff, in 110 years.
Managers Reaction
Cardiff’s Steve Morison: “It’s the losing that hurts, it doesn’t matter if it’s 1-0 or 12-0. We have been on an incredible run and we have let everyone down, me, my staff, the players. We haven’t done enough for this football club. Hopefully we don’t dwell on it too long because the remit when I took the job was to keep this club in the Championship next year, not to win certain games. Obviously, we all want to win this game for the magnitude of it and how big it was. And I’m in charge when we’ve had the first double done against us.”
Swansea’s Russell Martin: “It was the best moment I’ve had in management, I have not felt as emotional as this after a game. It was a big build-up to the game. We were written off by a lot of people and to do that and show that courage is fantastic. 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. It means so much to everyone. We all watched the supporters leaving the stadium on the buses, and we watched a video that had been put together by the analysts and the media team. It had messages from supporters and members of staff about what this meant to them, and once we had watched that we knew we had to come here and win.”
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