Swansea City 2-1 Norwich City: Vipotnik brace sees Swans return to winning ways

Zan Vipotnik's sensational brace handed Swansea City an important win over Norwich City at the Swansea.com Stadium.

The Slovenian crashed home his seventh goal of the season to hand the hosts an early lead, before a combination of Norwich goalkeeper Vladan Kovacevic and the post denied Ronald.

The visitors, now winless in eight games, responded after that early pressure, and restored parity when Jovon Makama touched in just before half-time.

But Vipotnik sealed the points for Swansea midway through the second half, with another sensational strike from the edge of the area, much to the delight of boss Alan Sheehan.

The Swans head coach freely admitted he was facing up to his first 'sticky patch' as a manager, having overseen a run of just one win in seven league games.

This victory will ease some of the concerns around his side, and plunge opposite number Liam Manning into further uncertainty.

Swansea move up to 13th in the Championship table, with attention now turning to the small matter of Manchester City in the League cup on Wednesday.

Sheehan made four changes from the drab defeat to Queens Park Rangers in midweek, an encounter that saw the Swans turn in a worryingly toothless attacking performance.

But there was far more bite about the hosts here, who capped a bright start by taking the lead in fine style after just six minutes.

Marko Stamenic did brilliantly to ride a challenge in midfield before slipping Vipotnik with a superbly weighted pass, and the Slovenian duly raced away to smash an unstoppable effort into the roof of the net.

Ethan Galbraith fired a volley over the bar as the hosts look to tighten their grip on the game early on.

Ronald then arrowed in an effort just after 20 minutes, which was tipped onto