Gower hits hat-trick in Killie win

02 August 2009 12:30
The Swans went ahead 10 minutes before the break after Simon Ford brought down Nathan Dyer in the area and Gower netted from the spot. Gower then doubled the lead three minutes into the second half, before completing his hat-trick with an unstoppable effort from distance. Substitute Conor Sammon did pull one back 17 minutes from the end from Mehdi Taouli's corner and Mark Burchill had an effort cleared off the line, but Swansea youngster Chad Bond completed the scoring nine minutes from time. Gower is still waiting to break his Swans duck in the league and hopes Saturday's treble is a sign of things to come. He told the club's official website: "I've wanted to score here for a long time. And the more the merrier because I've got time to make up. "Things kept going against me last season, whether it was hitting the post or the keeper pulling off a great save. I think in the end I was trying too hard and trying to knock the leather off the ball every time I got a chance. "I thought long and hard about it over the summer and I decided that if the goal came it came, if it didn't then so be it because I can't do anything about it. "I have tried to relax a bit more in front of goal and it seems to have worked."

Source: Team_Talk