Swansea City 1-5 Fulham: Ryan Manning red card proves costly as Cottagers run riot

Fulham fully capitalised on their numerical advantage as they thumped Swansea City 5-1 after Russell Martin's men had Ryan Manning sent off.

The hosts competed well until Irishman Manning was shown a straight red card for a challenge on Harry Wilson shortly before half-time at the Swansea.com Stadium.

The Cottagers punished the Swans in ruthless fashion as Aleksandar Mitrovic struck before Ben Cabango turned the ball into his own net.

Substitute Bobby Decordova-Reid added a third before Joel Piroe headed home his 16th goal of the campaign as the Swans scored from a set play for the first time this season.

But Neco Williams notched a pair of late goals as Swansea's three-game winning run on home soil was emphatically ended.

Olivier Ntcham started in place of Cyrus Christie who was ineligible to feature against his parent club in what was the only personnel change from the win over Coventry City.

Many wrote off Swansea's hopes of gaining a positive result against the seemingly Premier League bound Londoners, although the hosts were hugely impressive early on.

Their boldness and slickness in possession was admirable, and they enjoyed huge levels of control as a result.

However, Marek Rodak was untested, and it was Fulham who created the game's first real opening, although the league's top marksman Mitrovic could only head Williams' cross over the bar.

It was proving far from the tough night most anticipated, with Swansea sticking to their principles and looking comfortable in doing so without several key players against a top outfit.

Mitrovic's influence steadily grew as Fulham improved, and he could only fire wide - with the offside flag already raised - after being played through on goal.

Swansea's best chance in the opening 45 came