Swansea head coach Steve Cooper believes his side can rely on Borja Baston to lead the line after he ended his long wait for a goal in the 2-1 victory over Hull. The Spanish forward had not scored for the Welsh club in 1,022 days but sparked a comeback which was quickly capped by Mike Van Der Hoorn to give his new manager a winning start. “I’ve only been here six weeks but Borja has been here longer and I’m very much looking forward,” said Cooper. “He’s in the team, he’s got number nine on his back so let’s look forward. “I think he’s very committed to scoring goals and the team are going to be creating chances for him. He was in the right spot at the right time today which showed his instincts. “We will look to get another forward in, we’ll have information over the next 24 or 48 hours. It’s a process we’ve gone through over a number of weeks. “I’m obviously delighted to get the three points. Going 1-0 down at home is never an easy scenario, especially in the first game of the season. But I thought the fans were brilliant after that goal. “Everybody has told me since I joined the club how supportive the fans are, if ever there was an example of that it was today.” Hull manager Grant McCann watched his side undo their first-half good work in two second-half minutes, but he believes they can learn from their mistakes. Daniel Batty got the faintest of touches to a Kamil Grosicki shot to edge Hull ahead after only three minutes but Swansea turned the tables with a pair of goals in two minutes after the restart. More than two years on from his last outing in a Swansea shirt, Borja showed his poacher’s instinct to lift a header over goalkeeper George Long and into the net after Jay Fulton had flicked Nathan Dyer’s cross into the air. The Swansea supporters were on their feet again one minute and 47 seconds later when Van Der Hoorn stooped to head them in front. Jake Bidwell’s cross clipped the crossbar and fell to Dyer, who hit the ball back into the ground for the Dutch centre-back to dive in and head home. McCann said: “I thought we were excellent for 45 minutes. We executed everything we worked on going into the game and the game plan was working really well. “We were making Swansea play outside us and they weren’t causing us any problems. “We spoke about denying them space and not letting their wide players drift into space and then two minutes into the second half we conceded because of it. We just switched off. “It was a crazy three minutes. We switched off again on a second ball when the ball came off the bar. Defensively we need to work smarter and harder. “Our first-half display was very good and then for 15 minutes in the second half I thought we were very good and we pushed. But we need to get better and keep learning and we will do that.” Hull lost defender Jordy De Wijs to illness in the second half, with the Dutchman having been down at one point in the first. McCann said: “Jordy was ill, he’s been ill all through the night. He wanted to play but it took its toll on him in the second half. Being the person that he is, Jordy wanted to play.” Topics Hull, Swansea, Grant McCann, Championship, Hull, Swansea Jose Gomes calls on Reading to cut out mistakes after defeat to Sheffield Wednesday Bowyer: Charlton are worth of their place in the Championship We outplayed them and outbattled them – Frank left frustrated by Birmingham loss We wanted to make statement, says Christie as Celtic thrash St Johnstone Heckingbottom close to new signing as Allan sees off St Mirren Mario Mandzukic set to join Manchester United ‘on Monday’ Barcelona receive secret ‘solid offer’ for Philippe Coutinho – and club will pay his wages in full Manchester City agree player-plus-cash deal to finally sign Juventus defender Joao Cancelo Predicted! FourFourTwo’s 2019/20 Championship table 5 things we think will happen at Liverpool in 2019/20
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