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When you're a defender, you're judged on those moments. Forget all of the stuff you do on the ball. "Rightly or wrongly, you'll be judged on how you defend your goal and we're not doing it well enough. “I think we have spoken about the same things far too many times. We are having the same conversation after far too many games. “[At Reading] We don’t just dominate the ball, we dominate every aspect of the game. We have more shots and better chances. “We concede a penalty from a set-piece because we don’t want to fight properly. We concede a goal from a set-piece that shouldn’t have been, we have a chance to deal with the ball, but we don’t.
Cundle volleyed over from close range as the Swans pushed, and Darling could only head Manning's free-kick straight at Lumley in injury-time to ensure there were no late heroics this time around as the Swans remain without a win since defeating Cardiff City in late October. Reading: Lumley; Holmes, Sarr, McIntyre; Loum; Yiadom (C), Ince, Hendrick, Hoilett (Mbengue 80); Meite (Baba 65), Carroll (Long 79). Subs not used: Bouzanis, Guinness-Walker, Joao, Azeez. Goals: Carroll 27, Ince 53 Yellow cards: Holmes 40, Loum 77 Swansea City: Benda; Cabango, Darling, Wood (Oko-Flex 61); Sorinola (Naughton 78), Grimes (C), Allen (Cullen 58), Manning; Fulton (Cundle 58), Cooper (Paterson 58); Piroe.
Cullen effort not enough as Carroll and Ince goals sink Swansea at ReadingSwansea City's winless run was extended to eight matches as they were beaten 2-1 by Reading at the Select Car Leasing Stadium. Andy Carroll - who netted his first goal for the Royals against Swansea last season - drilled home from close range in the first-half. Yakou Meite made a mess of a penalty soon after as Paul Ince's outfit spurned the chance to go 2-0 up. However, Tom Ince lashed home after the restart to double his side's advantage after a loose pass from Steven Benda. Swansea pushed and got back into the contest as Liam Cullen netted his second goal in as many matches, although they were unable to extend their tally of claiming the joint-most points from losing positions in the league this term as they suffered their eighth defeat of the campaign.
“We then make a crazy decision to foul someone who is facing the corner flag. We give away a free-kick, we concede and we end up chasing again. “We had chances. Ollie Cooper should score, Joel Piroe should score. We don’t, and again it’s that problem in both boxes. “We give away a second goal which is pathetic. We don’t follow the detail and that will perpetuate a myth that we concede loads of goals doing that, when we don’t. " Swansea are now 16th in the Championship table ahead of their final fixture of 2022 against Watford on Friday night. And Martin has revealed he will hold talks with his coaching staff after conceding his players are "too nice".
It came amid deep concern for a fan in the away section who needed medical attention before being carried out of the stands at half-time after the final stages of the first-half were briefly halted. Swansea started the second-half on the front foot, and Cooper threaded through to Piroe who was forced wide by Lumley, with the Dutchman then heading Matt Grimes' cross wide minutes later. But yet again, they were the creators of their own downfall. Allen was unable to control Benda's wayward pass from a quickly-taken goal-kick, and Ince was on hand to intercept before lashing into the net via a slight deflection off Darling.
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"We have a real problem, somehow, still, at defending set-pieces, " he said. "We give away the least amount of shots in the league. "The mentality is nowhere near strong enough. That's on all of us. So it's really hurtful. The goals we concede, they're crap, they're rubbish. We don't make teams work for them. "We have to really switch on quickly and improve quickly.
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Martin responded by sending on Luke Cundle, Paterson, Cullen and Armstrong Oko-Flex for Cooper, Allen, Fulton, Nathan Wood. And while the Swans were bossing the ball, they didn't work Lumley enough. Mamadou Loum was unable to hit the target with a speculative long-range effort as Paul Ince's side were more than content to play on the counter attack, with Swansea going more direct as they desperately looked for a route back into the contest. And they earned themselves a lifeline in remarkably similar fashion to how they found the net at Coventry just 10 days earlier. Paterson's cross was headed against the post by Piroe, although Cullen was on hand to prod home the rebound to set-up a tense finish.
Benda could only punch Ince's free-kick out to Carroll who rifled home from 12 yards out. It proved to be yet another sucker punch for Martin and his coaching staff, although they were relieved five minutes later not to be two goals down. Referee James Linington had no hesitation in pointing to the spot after Jay Fulton grappled with Carroll in the penalty area, although Meite blazed well over from 12 yards out, much to the delight of the now full away section who duly belted out Harry Kane's name following the England star's World Cup penalty heartache against France. The visitors composed themselves and set about getting back into the contest, but they went into the break a goal behind after Piroe and Manning failed to test Lumley from a teasing Fulton cross.
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"I'm not sure it's our job to pick them (players) up any more, they have to pick each other up, " he added. "It's our job to find a way to stop the goals happening. "Maybe they're too nice because we're too nice to them. I don't know. We'll have a chat about that as a group of staff. "Maybe they reflect how they get treated. We treat them how we feel we would want to be treated as a player.
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In truth, those who were stuck missed precious little early on as the opening stages were uneventful to say the least. Despite the lack of goalmouth action, Swansea had the control head coach Martin will have wanted though. But, as was the case in the reverse fixture, the Royals were a threat on the counter and created the first real opening in the 19th minute as Tom Ince crossed to Carroll who could only head straight at Benda. Swansea were fully dictating proceedings though, and they created a glorious opportunity to go ahead after some quick thinking following a foul on Allen. A ricochet off Joel Piroe fell nicely into the path of Cooper who was brilliantly denied by Joe Lumley, with Ryan Manning unable to hit the target from the follow-up effort. However, the now seemingly inevitable happened once again as Swansea fell behind.
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