Sousa hails 'important' win

20 October 2009 23:25
// A bit of a hack but it works// The article snippet is wrapped onto a second line, even when #article-sub is emptyif( $("div#article-sub").children().length == 0 ) {$("div#article-sub").remove();} Swansea manager Paulo Sousa hopes his side will kick on following Tuesday's win over Championship leaders West Brom, who felt they were hit by a 'sucker punch'.[LNB] The Swans grabbed a 1-0 win at The Hawthorns as Craig Beattie came back to haunt the club he left in August with the only goal of the game in the 50th minute.[LNB]Sousa was in no doubt about the importance of the result after only taking charge of Swansea in the summer.[LNB]"To win away against the top team in the table is an important night for me," he said. "It was an important three points for us, it gives us a lot more confidence.[LNB]"When you win an important game like this one, an away game, against the team that's top of the table, a team that is going for promotion, it is always important.[LNB]Confidence"It tells us we are in a good way and this is what we wanted. When you get victories, you get more conviction and more confidence."[LNB]West Brom head coach Roberto Di Matteo felt under the weather and so did not attend the post-match press conference.[LNB]But assistant Eddie Newton admitted the Baggies had spoken about Beattie before the match.[LNB]"We know what Craig can do, we told the boys what he possesses - the negatives and the positives," he said.[LNB]"And we got hit on the sucker punch, a little bit of naivety and we got punished for it."[LNB]

Source: SKY_Sports