The Northern Irishman was delighted with the way his side went about their business, with a display based around the drive and industry of midfielders Darren Pratley and man-of-the-match Joe Allen.
They had to wait until the 84th minute for Scott Sinclair`s winner, but Rodgers was purring afterwards having seen the Swans move three points behind second-placed QPR. "I said to the players at half-time that they had to keep faith and they did. I thought our performance was outstanding, we showed courage and had to be patient and got the win with a terrific goal," he said.
"We controlled the majority of the game, Middlesbrough have good players and a good manager but we were outstanding in possession, we had chances in the first half which we didn`t take but then we got the winner in the second half.
"We were a bit mentally fatigued in the week but we got back on track against a team that has picked up recently."
Source: PA
