Garry Monk praised the character shown by his team in the 1-1 draw with West Ham at the Liberty this afternoon.

Monk watched his side fight back from the disappointment of Andy Carroll's first half goal which was his third against the Swans in recent weeks.

However, Bafetimbi Gomis' header from a Sigurdsson corner earned the Swans a point at the end of a week that has seen most of the speculation around Wilfried Bony's proposed move to Manchester City.

It was therefore probably somewhat of a relief as well to Monk that we got the equaliser or he would probably have faced plenty of questions about a replacement for the Ivorian even though Gomis showed that he is more than capable of being just that person.

“It was a hard game physically, which it always is against West Ham,” said the Swans boss. “But apart from ten minutes in the first half, we controlled the game.

“Their goal came against the run of play, in which was probably during our best period. We gave Andy Carroll a bit too much space, which allowed him to shoot.

“But we showed great character in the second half. We were on the front foot and probed for the equaliser.

“We just needed to move the ball that little bit quicker. They defended a lot deeper and made it difficult, but the substitutions gave us a bit more cutting edge.

“We got the goal and then pushed for the second but, all-in-all, a draw was probably a fair result.”

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