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Jordan Ayew provides assist as Swansea City salvage a point at Old Trafford

By ghanasoccernet.com
Sports News Jordan Ayew provides assist as Swansea City salvage a point at Old Trafford
APR 30, 2017 LISTEN

Ghana striker Jordan Ayew provided an assist to Salvage a point for Swansea City as they held Manchester United to a pulsating 1-1 draw at the Old Trafford.

The Black Stars forward who displayed a man of the matech performance set up Gifly Sigurdsson to restore parity for the visitors in the second half after Wayne Rooney had shot the home side ahead.

Rooney scored from the spot a few minutes before the break but the visitors could not restored parity before the break.

Jesse Lingard was fortunate to have been shown only a yellow card when he recklessly tackled Ayew with a high footing by the 44th minute mark.

After the break, Swansea coach brought on Leroy Fer and Jefferson Montero for Sing-Yeung Ki and Leon Britton respectively but Montero could only last seven minutes.

He was replaced with Martin Olsson while Jose Mourinho brought on Matteo Darmian for injured Eric Bailly.

On 74th minute, Swansea had a quick counter-attack and, Ayew set up Gylfi Sigurdsson but the Iceland international blasted his effort beyond the target to the disappointment of the travelling supporters.

Three minutes later, Ayew won a free-kick on the edge of United's box after Rooney brought him down and, this time, Sigurdsson made amends. The Swansea captain superbly curled his effort into the net as goalkeeper as goalkeeper De Gea stood standstill.

Mourinho brought on Henrikh Mkhitaryan for Rooney as United pushed men forward for the match-winner but Swansea held on to salvage a point.

United are fifth on the log tied on 65 points with Manchester City while Swansea are 18th with 32 points, two points below safety.

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