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Swansea City Vice captain, Andre Dede Ayew
Ghana skipper Andre Ayew has expressed his satisfaction as Swansea City moved up to second in the Championship following their 1-0 win over Luton Town at Kenilworth Road on Saturday.
Ayew gave a good account of himself in the encounter but could not continue his commanding display in front of goal, although his effort was still enough to help Steve Cooper’s men secure all three points.
Luton dominated for much of the match and missed several chances with Swansea having to work hard to grind out a win.
Hourihane’s goal after a decisive break came from one of only two Swansea efforts on target in a game where they were nearly always on the back foot.
Steve Cooper happy to accept scrappy wins in Swansea’s promotion bid
Steve Cooper is happy to win ugly (Victoria Jones/PA)
Swansea manager Steve Cooper is happy to sacrifice style for results after his side boosted their promotion hopes with a battling win at Luton.
The visitors, who moved up to second at least temporarily, scored the only goal of the game after just three minutes when Luton failed to defend a long ball over the top for Conor Hourihane to fire home.
Town then had two penalty appeals turned down by referee Darren Bond in either half, one for handball and the other a possible foul on Elijah Adebayo in the area.
March 13, 2021
“The future for me,” Bob Dylan sang in 2001, “is…a thing of the past.”
Presciently, it turns out, because the future for all of us, not just Dylan will consist significantly of hearing the songs of Dylan’s past. The same goes for Shakira, Neil Young, Barry Manilow, and all the other musicians who have sold their back catalogs for hefty fees over the past few years.
In the ongoing scramble by funds, investors, and companies to buy up these catalogs, Dylan’s has been the pre-eminent purchase. Universal Music bought his songs for a rumored $300-$400 million. But that is only the crest of a tide of money washing through the industry, acquiring old songs. The bet is that, by squeezing these songs for streaming audio revenue and also selling these songs into soundtracks across video platforms, the catalogs will earn consistently high returns.
There was always a feeling that the 23-year-old deserved top tier football given his performances for the side who went down post-lockdown in July despite a late revival. Sarr’s speed and trickery has proven to be an asset for the Vicarage Road outfit, completing 1.9 dribbles per game third behind Ovie Ejaria (2.7) and Bright Osayi-Samuel (2.8), who’s since departed for Fenerbahce in January.
No player has won more penalties than the springy West African (four) and his 10 big chances created is only outdone by Norwich’s talismanic playmaker Emiliano Buendia (13) and Harvey Elliott (11).
If Sarr’s importance to Watford’s cause is known, Andre Ayew’s prominence in Swansea’s run of results in recent weeks has to be praised to high heaven. He’s been involved in 16 goals so far, placing him seventh in the Championship after 14 goals and two assists.