Swansea City skipper Ashley Williams has encouraged his teammates to build upon the momentum they have gained following their 2-1 win over Aston Villa.

Andre Ayew's late goal helped the Welsh club break a six-game winless run in all competitions.

"We know we can play better than we did, but it was scrappy and we had to dig out a win - sometimes you have to do that," Williams told Swansea's official website.

"We are not happy with some areas of our play but, as captain, I am happy from the response to the other night (a 1-0 defeat to Stoke).

"It's a really nice feeling. I said to the lads that someone else has to have the horrible feeling of losing as we'd not won for a while.

"Now it's about trying to build on this result. We need to get some consistency.

"So the message will be to use this result to push on and not be up and down in terms of performances and results."