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Monk won't criticise Swansea players after FA Cup defeat

Swansea City boss Garry Monk refused to criticise his players after their FA Cup defeat at Blackburn Rovers.

Swansea lost 5-0 against Chelsea last week and Monk was left cursing bad defending for Rudy Gestede's goal as he reflected on another disappointing afternoon.

"I can't really remember them having too many shots or dangerous situations," he said. "Then to concede a poor goal like that, a set-piece, poor marking, we can't afford to do that at any level.

"That cost us and then obviously the third comes because we're pushing on. It's a disappointing result for us, we wanted to get back on track today, and unfortunately we couldn't do it."

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