Manchester United's Michael Carrick, right, attempts to block a shot from Aston Villa's Idrissa Gueye. File photo / AP
Manchester United left the Liberty Stadium as if bound in a strait-jacket.
The roar from Swansea City's Jack Army will have resonated throughout the Premier League even if the fact Swansea City beat United, for a third successive time, 2-1 came as no surprise. United are in a bind.
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was a thoroughly deserved win for Swansea and for their impressive, focused manager, Garry Monk, against a side who lacked a purpose and with the spotlight surely now falling on the work of their manager, Louis Van Gaal.
At the end Michael Carrick, who had come on as a second-half substitute, marched straight down the tunnel, a defiant act that betrayed his unhappiness, and Marouane Fellaini tried to do the same before he was stopped in his tracks by Van Gaal - who turned him around and told him to appreciate the visiting supporters who had been stunned into silence.
Swansea go ahead of United and into fourth place with a team who are brimming with belief and a manager who has a burnished sense of pride and a growing reputation. What a brilliantly evolving story they are.
