Swansea V Chelsea - view commentary, squad, and statistics of the game live.Monk urges Gomis to fill Bony void Swansea manager Garry Monk has challenged Bafetimbi Gomis to fill Wilfried Bony's scoring shoes and do something Manchester City's B#28million man could not do - score against Chelsea.Bony's departure to Manchester City this week has opened the way for 12-times capped France international Gomis to finally nail down a Swansea starting place.Gomis has started only nine games in all competitions since his summer move from Lyon, but he has scored four times during his limited opportunities and Monk believes he has a ready-made replacement for Bony.Monk says he will not be adding to his striking options having signed Benfica's Nelson Oliveira on loan last month and again pledged to keep Gomis amid reports the 29-year-old could be a January target for Arsenal, Borussia Dortmund, Crystal Palace and Newcastle among others."Speculation will always happen, it has happened with numerous players in the short time I have been doing this job," Monk said."But Bafe is looking sharp and contributing every day in trainingHe is fit and looking forward to this period and that's all that matters."He is my number one striker for this period coming up until the end of the season and when you look at the three starts he has had in the last three games I think we have seen a lot from him."He has been fantastic and he will only get better."Bafe is different to Bony but he has undoubted quality and he has proved in his career he is a number one striker."It's his shirt to lose now Wilfried has gone but I am looking forward to it."Gomis will lead the forward line against the Barclays Premier League leaders at the Liberty Stadium and on-loan Portuguese striker Nelson Oliveira is now the back-up striker following Bony's midweek departure to Manchester City.Swansea are short of midfield numbers as Jonjo Shelvey completes a four-match suspension and Ki Sung-yueng is away on international duty, but Gylfi Sigurdsson (foot) should play and winger Jefferson Montero could make the bench after making a quicker than expected recovery from the hamstring injury he suffered on Boxing Day.Thibaut Courtois could return when Chelsea travel to Wales.The Belgium goalkeeper has been on the bench for the past two matches after sustaining a finger injury on New Year's Day against Tottenham, but is able to come back in for Petr Cech.Chelsea full-back Cesar Azpilicueta remains sidelined with a groin complaint but is set to return to training next week.Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho expressed his belief that referees are being put under excessive pressure when speaking to the media for the first time since being hit by a Football Association misconduct charge.Last week, the Portuguese was charged for comments made about match officials following the Blues' 1-1 draw at Southampton on December 28.Mourinho claimed there was a "clear campaign" by "people, pundits, commentators and coaches from other teams" against Chelsea and labelled Cesc Fabregas' booking for diving at St Mary's a "scandal".Those comments means the Blues boss is facing possible disciplinary action and led him to withdraw from routine press activity before and after last weekend's match against Newcastle."Now I am in conditions to control myself and one week ago I couldn't," Mourinho explained upon resuming his press responsibilities ahead of Saturday's trip to Swansea."It would have put myself under bigger problems, so now I can smile and control my words."Mourinho has appealed the charge handed down to him by the FA, but is not hopeful, or he says interested, about its success.The Chelsea boss was, though, keen to stress that he has no issues with Premier League officials."We're not against the referees," he said
"We understand the job is not an easy one."I am happy to admit my mistakes, so when I spoke with Kevin Friend (after the FA Cup game against Watford) and realised that it was my mistake and not his mistake, I was more than happy to apologise, so there are no problems."But the reality is that every decision is going against us and the results were affected by that."But far from us - very far from us - to put any doubt about the honesty of the people."
Source : PA
Source: PA