Liverpool win heaps pressure on Garry Monk

Liverpool 1 Swansea 0: How Garry Monk must wish he could turn the clock back three months. Swansea’s manager ended August with a victory over Manchester United that lifted his team into the Premier League’s top four. He ends November barely clinging to his job.

The 36-year-old is learning the hard way just what an unforgiving world football management can be. He could, and did, argue that his team were unlucky to lose at Anfield to a Liverpool side who were far from convincing themselves.

There is no doubt that Swansea were disciplined and determined as they tried in vain to end a run that has seen them drop from the top four towards the bottom three.