Anthony Wright pleased with reaction from Swansea City U21s

Coach Anthony Wright was pleased to see Swansea City Under-21s bounce back in style from last week's defeat against Wolves with a 5-1 victory against Millwall at The Den on Saturday.

The Swans headed into the break 2-1 up thanks to goals in the space of six minutes from Josh Pescatore and Caleb Demery, with Millwall's Caleb Redhead halving the deficit in the 44th minute.

Pescatore netted his second of the afternoon immediately after the restart before the Lions' George Beaumont was dismissed and the hosts player out the final half-hour with 10 men.

Thomas Woodward and Blair McKenzie struck twice in stoppage time to underline wansea's advantage and seal the three points in Group G.

The Swans had suffered heartbreak in their previous Premier League Cup fixture after Wolves scored a stoppage-time winner at the Joma High Performance Centre to claim a 3-2 victory.

And Wright was pleased with how his team bounced back.

"We're very pleased with the reaction to a disappointing result last week, there were a lot of similarities to the Wolves game, we dominated large spells and created a lot of scoring opportunities, and limited Millwall to only a couple of opportunities within the game," said Wright.

"I'm very pleased how we mixed the game up. The players recognised when to build with patience and move the opposition about, always probing waiting for the right opportunity to attack, and also when to be more direct to attack with pace and exploit space. That was really pleasing to see.

"I thought our counter press caused the opposition problems. We scored a couple of goals from regaining the ball and setting up quick counter-attacks.

"This now sets up nicely to qualify from the group with a home game against Nottingham Forest in January.

"Millwall away is always difficult, so to score five goals in the manner we did was very pleasing."