Swansea 'show another side' in Saints draw - Sheehan

Alan Sheehan felt Swansea City "showed another side" of their capabilities as they held on for a point at Southampton.

Saints dominated Swansea but wasted a host of big chances, most notably when Caspar Jander struck the post from point-blank range late on.

Swansea created almost nothing going forward, but Sheehan hailed his team's efforts as their resilience combined with Southampton's wastefulness saw the Welsh club come away from St Mary's with a positive result.

"We haven't had many games like this. All the draws we've had have felt like losses because we've been massively in the ascendancy," Swansea's head coach said.

"In fairness, I think this is a good point. With the ball we didn't create anywhere enough. We turned it over in bad areas and we tried to get a breather on the ball instead of hurting them.

"But in terms of a defensive display, going to the very end, I think this is the resilience and type of character you need in this league.

"You need to be able to show that side. We knew it was going to be difficult and we have shown another side to us today."

Swansea had seven shots compared to Southampton's 21, while the home side's XG was 3.26 compared to only 0.21 for Sheehan's men.

The draw means Swansea have won only once in six league games – though that run includes just two defeats – and remain mid-table in the Championship.

"We have arguably played better with the ball in most of the games this season and defensively until we tweaked a couple of things, we weren't getting enough pressure on the ball high up the pitch," Sheehan added.

"But I am very proud of the lads because of the resilience they showed and the fact that we have come out of here with a point."

Southampton was the first of seven games in 21 days for Swansea, who return to action with a home fixture against Queens Park Rangers on Wednesday.