Swansea City midfielder Jonjo Shelvey insists he didn't deliberately elbow Liverpool's Emre Can last night.

Shelvey caught Can - who started in central defence - with a strong elbow to the face in the first half of the Reds' 4-1 win over Swansea.

He tweeted last night:

Just wanna say didn't intentionally elbow emre can was just trying to get my arm across to get round him and it's come off as I'm trying to — Jonjo Shelvey (@shelveyJ) December 29, 2014

Hurt another play and I can assure you that , that isn't the case. And I had apologised to emre can for catching him. — Jonjo Shelvey (@shelveyJ) December 29, 2014