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[b]Swansea City manager Garry Monk has called on his players to reproduce the performance that earned them a season-opening win at Old Trafford when they host Manchester United in the Barclays Premier League on Saturday.

Ki Sung-yueng and Gylfi Sigurdsson found the net as Swansea registered a 2-1 victory to spoil Louis van Gaal's first competitive match as Man Utd manager.

It was only the second time Swansea had triumphed at Old Trafford, coming only seven months after the first - by the same scoreline in the FA Cup third round last January.

Swansea's form has been inconsistent since Christmas and the departure of star striker Wilfried Bony to Manchester City has coincided with the Welsh club earning only one win from their last seven Barclays Premier League fixtures.

But Monk is confident his players will turn it around, with inspiration to be drawn from August's triumph over the Red Devils. "It was a fantastic day," he said.

"The best thing about it is we won it on merit,
we weren't lucky or grabbed it at the end. It was deserved on our performance.

"Any win at Old Trafford is a great achievement, but they've changed a lot since then, they've climbed the table steadily and are in a fantastic position, where they should be with the fantastic squad they have.

"In the last four or five weeks we've not performed to the exact levels we've become accustomed to. Every team goes through those patches but now we're looking to come through it and make sure we finish the last 13 games strongly and put that consistency back
in our game.

" Monk will welcome the return of Iceland midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson following a three-match suspension.

"It was the first and hopefully the last red card of my career," Sigurdsson told swanseacity.net .

"It's the worst feeling as a footballer when you're fit and ready to play but you're sat in the stand or watching on TV because you're
suspended.

"It has been frustrating for the boys too because we haven't got the results we wanted, but you go through these types of patches in the season when things don't go your way.

"We need to turn it around and a win against United would certainly do that. "We beat them on the opening day of the season and it was a great start for us -we went on a good run after that and we'll look to do the same this time around.

" Phil Jones and Robin van Persie have been declared fit for Manchester United's trip to the Liberty Stadium.

Louis van Gaal revealed the duo, who missed Monday's FA Cup fifth-round triumph over Preston North End, are available for selection. Jones was forced off with a knee injury in the 3-1 win against Burnley on 11 February, while Van Persie was nursing a knock. The news leaves Michael Carrick (calf) as United's only absentee.

"They [Jones and van Persie] are fit to play," Van Gaal told MUTV. "Only Carrick is still injured. "I think he shall train with the group next week. I expect that, but you never know. You'll have to wait and see.

" Van Gaal will be wary of a Swansea side who spoiled his first competitive match as manager at Old Trafford, but the Dutchman pointed to United's "unbelievable" team spirit, which has helped them climb to third in the table on the back of a run of one defeat from their last 19 matches in all competitions. He added: "When you see the score of the last 19 or 20 matches, we are the best team in the league. I am never 100 per cent happy. We can play better than we are now, but the main thing is to win games.

"We've shown our team spirit many times this season. It's good for the fans and for me, as you see a player wants to follow you."[/b]

Match Facts

Swansea City have scored only nine goals in their last 11 Barclays Premier
League matches and not more than once
in a match in that run.

Manchester United have conceded a BPL- high 46% of their goals from set pieces. However, no team has scored fewer goals from set pieces than Swansea (4) and no team has netted a lower proportion via this route (14%).

Only Chelsea (18.6%) have scored with a higher proportion of their chances than Man Utd (18.0%).

This match go end 0 - 0

Match Appointments

Referee: Neil Swarbrick Assistants: S Ledger, M Perry Fourth Official: L Probert

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Swansea 2 Manutd 4....saw the match last night

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