Williams pleased with Swansea improvement at West Brom

Luke Williams left Notts County to become Swansea City boss in January 2024

Luke Williams says he is not frustrated after Swansea City's 1-0 defeat by West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns.

The hosts dominated the opening half and led through Jayson Molumby's strike in added time, although the Swans significantly improved after the restart.

But they were unable to find a way beyond Baggies goalkeeper Alex Palmer as they lost for a second away game running this season.

"I wouldn't say frustration," said Williams, when assessing the loss to Carlos Corberan's side.

"I'm a little bit disappointed with how we didn't cope with the first half and then much happier and really impressed with the players in the second half."

Zan Viptonik, Eom Ji-sung and Goncalo Franco all had opportunities to equalise for the Swans in the second half.

And Williams say he's pleased with the way his players responded to his dressing room words at half time.

"I told them that they're playing within themselves and with restrictions on themselves," added Williams.

"I said they can't hope to get anything out of this game if they play like that in the second 45.

"I'm sure that they played in the second half with much more freedom. We're unlucky, probably, to not get a point, but certainly in the first half we were outclassed heavily."

The Championship encounter in the West Midlands was the first since the summer transfer window closed.

Swansea made eight signings over the course of the summer, with only Myles Peart-Harris arriving on deadline day after Williams had said he felt his side were "short" in wide areas.

The head coach now says his full focus lies with the players he does have at his disposal, and not on those he could not bring to the club during the transfer market.

"I don't know exactly if anything was close (on deadline day). Close and not getting anyone is the same thing," said Williams.

"I'll give everything to the players we have in the building and try not to waste energy on things that I can't control.

"The transfer window is closed, it's pointless talking about near misses. Whether we were close on other players or not is irrelevant."