Bristol City player ratings as Swansea City shock high-flying Robins

Max O’Leary: not much to do early on apart from sweep up a couple of long balls. Good save but the rebound fell right to the striker, could've palmed it away further away from where he did but the shot had a lot of venom on it. 6

Zak Vyner: Definitely the quietest of the back three early with the majority of defending evading his side of the pitch. Was getting forward down the right side alot after City went behind and his overlapping runs were definitely giving the swansea left back something to think about. However for the goal it seemed as if he was defending nobody and wasn't covering a Swansea player. 7

Luke McNally: A quiet start defensively but nearly put his side in the lead after 22 minutes after his shot from a set piece was tipped round the post. Looked good going forward with a fast run or two. The goal did come down his side for the first shotUnfortunately had to go off due to injury and was replaced by Sam Bell 6

Attack is best form of defence

Rob Dickie: A big chance after 34 minutes where he headed over after a great cross. Had his first real defensive duty after 39 minutes where he was quick to close down Zan Vipotnik and the ball deflected out for a corner. Looked City’s best set-piece threat after another header over the bar. He did get turned by Vipotnik for the goal but other than that it was a good day for Dickie, who shows City are reaping the rewards of trusting Liam Manning's process and the manager's high-quality coaching techniques 7

Haydon Roberts: Showed attack can be the best form of defence for the Robins. Looked great going forward in the early going. Consistently was going box to box with good defending but offering little attacking threat in the second half. 6

Max Bird: Spent lots of time and space in the first 15 and was constantly getting the ball up the pitch. However the second half was a different story as he couldn't get any time to pick the right pass and was getting outrun by the swansea midfielder. 6

Jason Knight: Had a great headed chance saved by the keeper, almost a carbon copy of his goal in the reverse fixture. But just like his midfield partner, Bird, it just wasn't to be in the second 45 for city’s captain. Unable to make a real impact going forward and looking tired towards the end going box to box. 6

Twine peaks

Scott Twine: Early chance just after the five minute mark but just over the bar and ther Was hacked down as normal today but as usual not seeing eye to eye with the referee. No Ashton Gate free kick today for him which ends his streak but he’s a player who continues to show boss Liam Manning was right when he predicted the player would go from strength to strength for City, Was substituted for Harry Cornick with a couple minutes of normal time left. 7

Mark Sykes: Not the usual start that Ashton Gate is used to with Mark Sykes but after the half hour mark he came alive. Along with Armstrong, he was cities best attacking threat in the second half with getting up that right hand side and giving swansea's full back real problems. Was substituted for Yu Hirakawa late on. 6

Anis Mehmeti: Early joy down the left and good linkup play with Haydon Roberts. A few good floated crosses into the box but with nobody on the end of them. He didn't see much of the ball in the second half and got subbed for George Earthy on the hour-mark. 6

Sin in the zone

Nahki Wells: Seemed to be doing the most of his work down the right hand side early on. Had his first sniff of goal just before half time but opted to cross instead of having a shot. Had some good linkup play but nothing to trouble the swans defence.Just wasn’t to be today for Wells who didn't have a sniff at goal through his time on the pitch. Was subbed on the hour-mark for Sinclair Armstrong. 6

Substitutes

George Earthy: The West Ham loanee linked up with fellow sub Armstrong but when the ball fell to him after another couple passes he couldn't hold onto the ball. He tried to take on a scott twine role by backing into the defenders and winning free kicks but he was getting disposed without winning the set pieces. 6

Sinclair Armstrong: One of his best performances in a city shirt. The Irishman came on with an immediate impact taking the ball past two Swansea defenders and putting a great cross in. More good work from the big man came about 10 minutes before the end when he received the ball close to the touchline and spun a defender but his cross led to nothing. By far City’s best sub and showed why he was once linked with Celtic, Crystal Palace and even Manchester City 7

Sam Bell: came on and made an instant difference to the game with a left footed shot hitting the post. And in the last minutes when City needed an equaliser he was just not getting the time and space that he would like and a few crosses that just avoided him

Yu Hirakawa: Replaced Sykes with a couple minutes left in the game and picked the ball up in nice areas and drove well up the pitch, He just didn't have enough time to create a real impact on the game. N/A

Harry Cornick: Made his return to a massive ovation by the Ashton gate faithful. When he came on he was absolutely everywhere making use of his limited time to make a real impact on the game. Everything he did was cheered by the home crowd but just like Hirakawa, he just didn't have enough time to make an impact. N/A