Andre Ayew made up for his penalty miss by netting a late winner in Swansea’s 1-0 victory over Brentford in the first leg of their Championship play-off semi-final tie.
David Raya had thwarted the Ghana forward from the spot in the 64th minute after Liverpool loanee Rhian Brewster was fouled by Pontus Jansson.
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However, the game turned on its head when Brentford left-back Rico Henry was shown a straight red card for a late tackle on Connor Roberts just a minute after Raya’s heroics.
Swansea made use of their man advantage when Ayew smashed the ball into the top corner with nine minutes remaining.
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