Swans defeat West Ham | This is South Wales
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SWANSEA City built on last weekend's eye-catching opening win over Queens Park Rangers with another impressive victory against West Ham.
Michael Laudrup's side triumphed 3-0 at the Liberty as goals from Angel Rangel, Michu and Danny Graham decided a match between the last two Championship play-off final winners.
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Michael Laudrup
Rangel's opener owed a lot to Jussi Jaaskelainen who allowed a shot from an acute angle to squirm through his legs and into the net.
And another mistake led to Swansea's second.
James Collins's back pass was too weak to reach Jaaskelainen, allowing Michu to pounce on the loose ball and find the corner of the net.
West Ham's attacking approach involved launching high balls into the Swansea area from set-pieces for their strapping side to exploit.
And that tactic did cause the odd scare.
Ashley Williams cleared after Michel Vorm was forced into a smart save to deny Matt Jarvis, while Leon Britton made a goal-line block from a Carlton Cole header.
At half-time, Swansea had moved two goals in front without really finding top gear.
But the home side were at their fluent best in the second period when they tore through the Hammers with pinpoint passing.
A typically flowing move saw Danny Graham fire inches wide on 56 minutes after a sublime through ball from Nathan Dyer.
The Swansea striker made no mistake eight minutes later through when he turned in Wayne Routledge's excellent cutback.
(via Instapaper)
Victor Cuvo, Attorney at Law
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