Sousa thrilled with Swansea showing

A goal in each half from David Cotterill (35) and Ashley Williams (48) gave the home side a well-deserved win in a thoroughly one-sided game.Cotterill opened the scoring after being brought down on the edge of the area by Youl Mawene, curling in the resulting free-kick.The game was over as a contest in the third minute of the second half when Cotterill turned provider.His free-kick from wide on the left was met by Williams, who crashed a header into the net from 10 yards.Sousa said: "I think it was a complete performance, but perhaps we could score a few more goals."There was great understanding between the players and this can only go on to give us greater success in the games to come."The players did everything I asked and if we can carry on like this and also improve, the confidence in our own ability will come."We have played many good games this season but this is one of the best because of the quality we showed and I am delighted that financial circumstances at the club have meant that we are able to keep our best players."The team were outstanding today and it was an impressive performance."There were loud shouts for a penalty on the half hour when Nathan Dyer went down in the area after a joint challenge from Sean St Ledger and Preston goalkeeper Andy Lonergan, who required lengthy treatment to a facial injury before resuming.Once the Swans were ahead, there was only going to be one winner as Preston failed to come to grips with the busy five-man Swansea midfield.Dyer missed another chance straight after the restart when he raced through the visitors' defence before shooting wide, but a minute later Williams headed in the second.Preston boss Darren Ferguson was unhappy with the result, but felt his players worked hard."It is always a difficult place to come against a good footballing side and we are low on confidence at the moment after our midweek defeat," he said."You have to try and shake Swansea up but they used their spare man much better than we did and we gave the ball away far too easily."Confidence is a big thing but we cannot feel sorry for ourselves, and perhaps in the next game we will get a lucky break or two."It was a disappointing day but it is a work in progress for us."Swansea play on the front foot and I also want my team to play football like that, but it takes time."

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