Jefferson Montero drew much praise on Saturday for the way he tore into the Chelsea defence and Branislav Ivanovic in particular as he made one of the best right backs there is look particularly ordinary.

We have said it before but Ivanovic would have had nightmares after Montero ripped into him time and time again on Saturday and the praise that he got was well deserved by the player.

There was also little doubt that we lost some momentum when Montero went off and we have to hope that he will be fit for the visit of Newcastle on Saturday afternoon where we know the Ecuadorian can cause some more damage and probably at will as well.

Montero's performance drew some praise as well from Swans skipper Williams who must be glad that his defence only has to come up against Montero in training.

Jeff's pace and ability to go around his man must be a nightmare for any defender to play against and when he is on the top of his game then there is little that anybody can do to stop him and it is, as a fan, a joy to watch.

Jeff had a bit of a longer break than the rest of us because he had action for Ecuador, but he’s come back on fire, almost unplayable,” Williams purred.

“He was playing against one of the best if not the best right-back in the league – one of the best right-backs in the sport.

“He went past him a lot and it isn’t easy to do that against Ivanovic.

“With Jeff on the field we felt we could score at any moment, that he’s going to set-up something.

“The challenge for him now is to maintain that high level of performance every day in training and in every game."

Montero laid down the gauntlet to Ivanovic within the first ten seconds of the game and that set the tone for what we witnessed and that left him as clear man of the match for the 2-2 draw

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