Brendan Rodgers was happy how Swansea handled the pressure in the 3-1 win over Bolton.
Swans boss happy to banish Molineux memories
Brendan Rodgers was happy how Swansea handled the pressure in the 3-1 win over Bolton.
Swansea extended their unbeaten home record with a deserved victory over ten-man Bolton at the Liberty Stadium.
Ricardo Gardner was sent off for Bolton soon after the restart for two bookable offences and Swansea made their numerical advantage count with goals from Joe Allen and Scott Sinclair's penalty.
Danny Graham put through his own net to give Bolton hope, but the Swansea striker made amends with a late third to condemn the visitors to defeat.
The win helped banish the memories of last weekend's disappointment at Wolves when Swansea surrendered a 2-0 lead to draw 2-2.
Rodgers was delighted Swansea had learned their lesson from the draw at Molineux.
Pressure
"That was a terrific performance against an established side, but the most impressive thing today was how we managed the pressure," said Rodgers.
"We spoke in the week that in every game you will have moments, no matter how comfortable you are, where you have to manage the game.
"Last week we failed to do it and drew 2-2, but this week when Danny scored the own-goal to put them to 2-1 you then saw the difference in the team.
"We opened up the spaces, passed the ball and hid the ball from the opponents for five or 10 minutes and that's something we had talked about that in the week, different ways to manage the pressure.
"Our best way to do that is to keep the ball and take the sting out of the game. We scored three and we could have had more so it is very satisfying."
