Swansea City 2-2 Wigan Athletic: Manning and Piroe goals earn hosts a point

Swansea City came from two goals behind to clinch a 2-2 draw with Wigan Athletic in south Wales.

The visitors raced into a two-goal lead as Will Keane and Tom Naylor both scored headers from corners in the first-half. Russell Martin's men went on to dominate proceedings and cut Wigan's lead as Ryan Manning notched his third goal of the campaign in stunning fashion just before the break.

And they earned a share of the spoils six minutes from time as Joel Piroe lashed home his fifth goal of the season from the penalty spot as the Swans extended their unbeaten home run to five matches while also building on their record of claiming the most points from losing positions in the Championship this term.

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Martin had regularly spoken about the need for rotation during the manic pre-World Cup schedule, and he made four changes from the side that started the 1-0 loss to Preston North End on Tuesday night.

Nathan Wood, Armstrong Oko-Flex and Michael Obafemi came in for Harry Darling, Kyle Naughton and Olivier Ntcham while Ollie Cooper replaced the suspended Matt Grimes who had featured in 104 consecutive Championship fixtures prior to the visit of the Latics.

Having been below par in the first-half of the matches at Preston and Bristol City, the Swans looked to start with more intensity this time around. On his first start since joining on loan from West Ham, Oko-Flex brought a real energy and directness from out wide.

He created the game's first opening after cutting in off the right wing, although his low driven shot flew just wide. To their credit, Wigan looked to attack in numbers when possible, and they struck gold moments after drawing a fine save out of Steven