Martin O'Neill was a delighted man after his side ended the Swans 2012 unbeaten run at the Stadium of Light

O'Neill said after the game "I'm delighted we won the game.  It was a case of two fantastic finished and three very important points for us.

"I think everything just caught up with the players today; they looked a little bit leggy at times, but nonetheless they stuck in at it.

"The swirling wind probably didn't help but it was a game we had to win and we did just that.

"I think Swansea had one real opportunity on goal, we scored not long after and that deflated them and gave us a little momentum.

"it was a fantastic goal from Stephane.   There was some nice build up play from James McLeane, but Sess did brilliantly to score it.

"it was an important goal at an important time.

"We knew we had to close them down and we did just that and then got the goal to go in front.

"At times we sat back a little but and couldn't get the ball off them.

"It was nervy, but the crowd urged the team on to dispossess them and then the second goal really killed the game and saw us through."