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ROVERS HAMMERED IN SWANS BACKLASH

ROVERS HAMMERED IN SWANS BACKLASH

By Rob Cole

VITOR Matos praised his Swansea side for their emphatic reaction to last weekend’s hammering at QPR.

Matos told his City players they weren’t “the worst team in the world” after their 5-0 hammering last weekend, but he also reminded them “they aren’t the best” either after they bounced back with an easy win over Blackburn after goals from Stephen Eustaquio, Joseph Opoku, Filip Lissah and Ross Stewart.
The reaction their Portuguese boss wanted from the humbling at Lof-tus Road was delivered in spades by his players.
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