Swansea seek response to QPR thrashing as Key returns

Summarised from 2 outlets · 3 reports · Updated 31 Oct, 10:25 · Archive

Swansea City prepare to face Blackburn Rovers on Saturday after suffering a 5-0 defeat at Queens Park Rangers.

Swansea City suffered a 5-0 defeat at Queens Park Rangers last weekend, their joint-heaviest league loss in 24 years. The club now face Blackburn Rovers at home on Saturday aiming to respond after slipping to back-to-back league defeats for the first time this season, having also lost narrowly to West Ham United.

Full-back Josh Key has returned to full training and is available for selection after a hamstring injury sidelined him for five games. Midfielder Moussa Yeo remains injured with a hamstring problem and is unlikely to return before the next international break. Manager Vitor Matos praised Key's qualities, describing him as a player who can attack with speed and noting his previous impact when used as a winger.

Matos described the QPR defeat as 'the hardest' day of his managerial career result-wise but said he was encouraged by his squad's response during the week. 'It was a quite demanding week as you will expect. But we had honest conversations between us and I think what I'm pleased with was the reaction on the training pitch, with the intensity, with the togetherness, with the ambition,' he said. Swansea remain second in the Championship despite the difficult week and have never suffered three successive defeats under Matos in his 11 months in charge.

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Swansea City boss Vitor Matos eyed by Champions League clubIt's claimed the Swans boss is one of the possible options being consideredWalesOnline · 31 Oct, 09:57
Matos seeks Swansea response after hardest dayVitor Matos says Swansea City will aim to "go back to ourselves" against Blackburn Rovers as they look to respond after a humbling defeat at Queens Park Rangers.BBC Wales · 29 Oct, 16:39
Swansea City given injury boost as Matos holds 'honest conversations' after QPRThe Swans are looking to bounce back from their thrashing at QPR at home to Blackburn Rovers this weekendWalesOnline · 29 Oct, 15:57

In this story: Swansea City · Blackburn Rovers · Queens Park Rangers · Josh Key · Moussa Yeo · Vitor Matos

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