Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Swansea City: Visitors come from behind to claim victory

Liam Cullen came off the bench to snatch all three points for Swansea City as they came from behind to beat Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park.

Goncalo Franco marked his return to the Swans line-up with a stunning volley just before half-time after Todd Cantwell's header had previously given the hosts the lead.

Blackburn looked the more likely to find a decisive goal, but Cullen, named in Craig Bellamy's latest Wales squad, was on hand to apply a cool finish following a superb counter-attack.

The hosts felt they should have had a penalty late on when Cantwell was brought down by Cameron Burgess, but Swansea held out to claim three hard-earned points.

The win hauls Swansea up to seventh and halts their previous run of three games without a win ahead of this weekend's visit of Leicester City. Sign up to our Swansea City newsletter here.

Alan Sheehan will likely be particularly pleased by the impact of his stars from the bench here, with the introduction of Cullen and co injecting some much-needed effervescence into Swansea's previously sluggish attacking attempts.

Indeed, chances were at a premium during a subdued start to this contest. Ethan Galbraith stung the palms of Rovers goalkeeper Balazs Toth with a speculative effort.

Manuel Benson, making his first league start for the Swans since his deadline day loan move from Burnley, then had an effort blocked, before his half-clearance at the other end dropped kindly for Sondre Tronstad, who sent a whistling shot just over the bar.

Blackburn hadn't managed a home win this season ahead of this contest, although they were leading last weekend's clash with Ipswich Town here before it was abandoned due to a waterlogged pitch.

Just before half an hour, they took the lead again.

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