Tammy Abraham scores twice to give Swansea victory over Huddersfield

If this is the result that sparks life into Swansea City’s season then two individuals will be owed particular thanks. One will be Tammy Abraham, whose goals either side of half-time again demonstrated his old-fashioned scoring instinct and ended a troubling run of three straight home defeats. The other will be Jonas Lossl, the Huddersfield goalkeeper, whose grievous mistake led to the striker’s first at a time when Swansea, their confidence dwindling, looked the less threatening of two flawed teams. Lossl’s commitment to playing from the back resulted in a costly loss of possession that turned the match on its head, and Swansea ran out justified winners in a game where anything else would have put Paul Clement under mounting pressure.

Swansea had begun the match as if well-schooled in that message and an early booking for Leroy Fer, who had done well to keep the ball in play before following through on Lossl, suggested a brisker tempo than they have generally served up this season. They forced several errors and, from one, Carroll sent Abraham away with a first-time loft over the defence. Lossl, flicking Abraham’s shot around his right post, saved sharply to keep the scores level but it was enough to raise the volume: eight minutes in, Swansea had managed just their 12th shot on target of the campaign.

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