Swansea City 3 Leeds United 0: Leeds were never in the hunt at Swansea accepts boss Grayson

The home side romped to a comfortable win after a brace from Scott Sinclair, one a penalty, and Luke Moore’s third helped the Swans hold off third-placed Cardiff in the Championship.

Leeds were never in contention with a lifeless showing to leave Rodgers purring.

He said: “I’m proud of the players. It was a wonderful performance and great result. I like winning games but I also want to do it in style. Some of our play and invention was fantastic against a very good side going forward.

“Leeds have scored the most amount of goals in this league so to restrict them to just one shot on target showed our superiority in the game. We started really well and I believe the best teams do that. All our offensive players were excellent but Nathan Dyer produced a brilliant piece of skill for the second goal and the third one was a wonderful team goal.”

Leeds manager Simon Grayson pulled no punches in his assessment of his side’s weak showing.

Despite being outplayed the visitors had their chances and Grayson was left to rue a penalty decision which did not go his way when when Alan Tate blatantly handled Robert Snodgrass’ strike in the area.

Grayson said: “I thought we were poor from start to finish. Swansea were very good, they passed the ball around, closed us down well and we didn’t impose our own game. We were lacklustre and we gave away possession very cheaply.

“But, in saying that, I thought we should create some half-decent chances. At 1-0, we hit the bar and then had a blatant penalty turned down. It wasn’t given and it was a massive turning point in the game.

“No matter how poorly we played if we scored the penalty, at 1-1 then we are right back in the game. It could have been the spark and lifeline we needed and how the officials missed it I do not know. But, overall we probably got what we deserved out of the game and that was a defeat.

“Swansea are a good team and we knew it would be tough. Things didn’t go for us but we have reacted well from defeats this season.”

Swansea: De Vries, Rangel, Williams, Tate, Taylor, Gower, Dyer, Allen, Sinclair, Moore (Beattie 80), Dobbie (Britton 76). Unused substitutes: Ma-Kalambay, Pratley, Van der Gun, Serran, Richards.

Leeds: Schmeichel, Lichaj, Bruce, O’Brien, McCartney (Parker 73), Snodgrass (Paynter 73), Kilkenny, Howson, Gradel, Becchio (Watt 61), Somma. Unused substitutes: Higgs, Naylor, Bromby, McCormack.

Referee: Phil Dowd (Staffordshire).

Man of the match: Scott Sinclair.