Russell Martin wants young Swansea stars to learn from win against Coventry

Swansea manager Russell Martin admits his young team can learn from both sides of this Jekyll and Hyde display in their 3-1 win over Coventry.

Martin’s side completed back-to-back wins for the first time since beating the same opposition in November following the midweek win at West Brom.

Two goals from Michael Obafemi after the opener by Jamie Paterson saw the Swans cruising to victory just two minutes into the second half at Swansea.com Stadium.

But they were left holding on after being guilty of easing off far too early and allowing Coventry to rally.

Martin said: “I am really pleased with the result. I absolutely loved the first-half performance, I didn’t particularly enjoy the second-half performance.

“We have a fairly young team who have not been in the position of being 3-0 up very often and we didn’t manage the game very well.

“We gave them a big chance at the end of the first half with some sloppy play and it continued into the second half.

“We should have taken the sting out of the game and taken control of the game but there were too many mistakes, not enough intensity and too many scary moments.

“We have to do better and that’s left me feeling not as positive as I probably should do.

“But I don’t want to be too negative. Back-to-back wins after a really tough result shows the character they have and the work they are putting in, and I am really proud of them for that.”

Coventry had been eyeing the Sky Bet Championship play-off places but were made to pay for some lacklustre defending in the first half and wasteful attacking in the second as chances went begging.

Gustavo Hamer finally got them on the scoresheet in the 84th minute but that was far too little, too late.

Manager Mark Robins said: “We would love