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Tranmere Rovers
FA Cup | Third Round
Jan 3, 2015 at 3pm UK
 
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2-6

Power (70'), Stockton (83')
FT(HT: 0-1)
Dyer (34'), Carroll (49'), Barrow (58'), Gomis (77', 94'), Routledge (85')

Half-Time Report: Nathan Dyer puts Swansea City ahead at the break

A clinical strike from Nathan Dyer hands Swansea City a slender 1-0 half-time lead over home side Tranmere Rovers in the third round of the FA Cup.

Nathan Dyer's clinical strike has handed Swansea City a slender 1-0 half-time lead over home side Tranmere Rovers in the third round of the FA Cup this afternoon.

Bafetimbi Gomis was the first Swansea player to flex his muscles as he received the ball from youngster Modou Barrow, but his shot from distance did little to trouble Fon Williams in the Rovers net.

City appeared a little tentative in the opening half and it took another 15 minutes for the visitors to muster another chance, this time as Gomis and Barrow combined again, with Gomis firing straight at Williams, who did brilliantly to tip the ball over the bar from close range.

With the away side slowly growing into the contest they should have taken the lead on the 30-minute mark, as Dwight Tiendalli showed some good skill to turn in a ball for Marvin Emnes, but he could only send his shot wide of the post.

Swansea's growing dominance finally paid off, however, when stand-in captain Dyer broke into the box four minutes later, before drilling hard and low into the bottom-left corner past a helpless Williams.

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