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  • Williams (76)
  • Pearson (63)
  • Date:2008-09-16
  • Kick-off:19:45
  • Venue:Liberty Stadium
  • Attendance:14003
  • Referee:Penn, A

Live Commentary

90mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

89mins

Swansea are replacing Jason Scotland with Febian Brandy.

86mins

Jay McEveley goes into the referee's book for unsporting behaviour.

85mins

Paul Connolly goes into the referee's book for unsporting behaviour.

83mins

Stephen Pearson is replaced by Jay McEveley.

80mins

Derby are replacing Emanuel Villa with Steve Davies.

76mins

Goal!! Ashley Williams scores for Swansea.

70mins

Mark Gower is being taken off, Garcia Jordi Gomez has come on in his place.

63mins

Goal!! Derby have scored with Stephen Pearson putting it in the back of the net.

59mins

Darren Pratley is being taken off, Gorka Pintado has come on in his place.

56mins

Przemysław Kazmierczak is being taken off, Nathan Ellington has come on in his place.

46mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 0.

45mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

0mins

It's 7:45pm on Tuesday, September 16th, the match has kicked off.


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Match Report

An Ashley Williams header rescued a point for Swansea City after Stephen Pearson had given Derby County a second-half lead.

The Swans were unchanged following the defeat at Crystal Palace on Saturday and they pinned the Rams in their own half straight from the whistle.

A wayward shot from Nacer Barazite was all the visitors could muster in the opening ten minutes.

The Swansea approach play was neat and tidy, but the final ball to often went astray, while the visitors were playing like a side low on confidence despite bagging their first victory at the weekend.

Totally against the run of play Emanuel Villa beat the offside trap to close in on a Paul Green cross, only to slice the ball well wide of an open goal.

Neither side made changes during the interval and once again the Swans were first on the attack, with a Mark Gower centre blasting across the visitors' danger area with no-one on hand to get the final touch.

On the hour Gorka Pintado replaced Darren Pratley to give Jason Scotland some help up front.

Gower struck the post with Roy Carroll beaten in the 61st minute but Pintado failed to get any power behind the rebound and Carroll raced across to save.

One minute later the Swans defence failed to clear and Pearson cut through to sidefoot beyond Dorus de Vries to give his side the lead.

Pintado headed a Thomas Butler cross over the bar from close in as the Swans pushed for an equaliser and it came in the 76th minute when Williams rammed a header into the net from a Jordi Gomez corner.

Both sides went looking for the winner in the closing stages, but though Carroll was the busier of the keepers, the Swans were unable to add to their score.

Swansea City

Derby County

Corners

83

Fouls

912

Goal attempts

116

Shots off target

54

Offsides

22

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