FRY LEAVES SWANS WITH BITTER TASTE

ALAN Sheehan was left frustrated at Swansea City's failure to bring home at least a point from their trip to the North East.

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For the second consecutive season, Swansea were beaten on the opening day at Middlesbrough, this time falling victim to Dael Fry's 51st-minute header.

It was not the start Sheehan would have wanted as he fielded summer signings Cameron Burgess, Ethan Galbraith and then substitute Zeidane Inoussa.

He said: "It was a tight game. The set-piece decided the game. Both defences were on top.

"The first half we were fine, we had the better opportunities without creating a lot.

"The keepers didn't have a lot to do, and that set-piece decided the game.

"We didn't recover well. We didn't create enough after that.

"We tried to get more impetus in the game but we have a few things to improve on that.

"There were moments in the game where we were in control. But no excuses, just disappointing to concede in the manner we did.

"It was always going to be a goal like that, from a set-piece or a transition, that decided it.

"There was not a whole lot between the two teams.