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Swansea boss Garry Monk left to wonder what might have been

Swansea boss Garry Monk left Sunderland disappointed with a 1-1 draw after seeing his side create more than enough chances to win the game.

Only the excellence of goalkeeper Costel Pantilimon, who produced a superb save to keep out Bafetimbi Gomis' 74th-minute header, seemed to prevent the points from being taken back to Wales.

Asked for his opinion, Monk said: "Slight disappointment, just because we knew that Sunderland would have a reaction today -- it was clear what people were talking about in the week was never going to be the case, that we'd come up here and they'd roll over.

"But we got a good goal and coming in at half-time, that's the position you want to be in. That first 20 minutes of the second half, it was dominance. We were creating chance after chance, and that was what cost us the extra two points. We were so dominant in that period.

"But due to some good goalkeeping from the Sunderland goalkeeper and some probably less clinical finishing from us, we couldn't make it count. We really should have put the game to bed in that period and got that second goal, and possibly another."

Swansea took the lead somewhat against the run of play in first-half injury-time when Kyle Naughton picked out Gomis' run into the box and he finished effortlessly with a first-time strike.

However, Jermain Defoe was similarly lethal when presented with the chance to level from Jeremain Lens' 62nd-minute pass.

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