Lowe’s a class act
JAMAL PASSES STRIKER TEST
FORMER teacher Jamal Lowe ‘schooled’ Ben Foster by ruining the ex-England keeper’s YouTube footage as well as his afternoon.
Lowe scored twice to lift the Swans into the automatic promotion places, making it six goals in six games for the winger brought from Wigan and converted into a striker.
A stretch like that gives licence for a certain swagger, so it was a natural Lowe should celebrate his equaliser by running into shot and waving at Foster’s personal GoPro camera he sets up in the corner of his goal.
The Watford keeper screens his keeper-cam stuff on his own YouTube channel and, to be fair, he had some decent highlights.
Foster made two great saves to deny Andre Ayew and Korey Smith after Tom Cleverley had given Watford a 20th-minute lead. But there was nothing he could do when Lowe curled a wonderful shot into the far corner from the edge of the box two minutes before the break.
The camera also got a close-up view of Lowe’s winner in the 67th minute – a brave headed effort as Foster misjudged Korey Smith’s brilliant dipping cross.
Swansea deserved victory, while new Watford boss Xisco Munoz could at least take some solace from the heavy pressure they exerted late on, even though this was the Hornets’ second defeat in three.
“I thought we were by far the superior team,” said Swansea head coach Steve Cooper. “We gave up a bit of territory late on, but that happens when it’s only a one-goal margin.
“We showed great character and resilience after going 1-0 down against the run of play to not let it faze us and carry on as we were.”
Cooper was also happy to praise Lowe, who he brought to the Liberty Stadium on a hunch that he might be a secret, untapped goalscorer .
After two goals in 18 matches, it looked a forlorn hope, but Lowe’s six in six makes him a reliable foil on days when Andre Ayew is subdued, like yesterday.
Cooper added: “Jamal has just got to keep going. Even when he wasn’t scoring, he was playing really well.
“He will get the headlines I’m sure, but everyone was excellent.”
Watford took the lead when Cleverley seized on errors by Marc Guehi and Matt Grimes to thump home a low drive from 25 yards.
They were content to defend and d only really responded after Lowe’s s first goal, with a Troy Deeney volley over the bar being their most wasteful response.
Spaniard Xisco said: “The team had personality and passion, we had good chances in their penalty box.
“So there are good things, which we need to continue.
“I am happy with the guys because they give the maximum. We are growing up day by day.
“Sometimes in football when you lose you have this moment. I like the reaction of the guys when we concede the second goal.”
Woodman 6; Guehi 7, Cabango 7, Bidwell 6; Roberts 7, Smith 8, Fulton 7, Grimes 7, Manning 6 (Gibbs-White 83rd); Lowe 8, Ayew 7
Foster 7; Femenia 6, Sierralta 6, Wilmot7, NGakia 5 (Masina (46th) 6); Chalobah 6 (Garner (59th) 6), Cleverley 7 (Hughes 89th); Sarr 6, Sema 6, Deeney 5; Gray 6
Jamal Lowe
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