Wycombe Wanderers manager Matt Bloomfield has admitted that his side were going to have ‘large spells without the ball’ as they defeated Championship-side Swansea City in the League Cup.

Richard Kone’s second goal of the season just before the break, gave the Chairboys a famous 1-0 win over the 2013 winners of the competition at the Swansea University Stadium.

It was the club’s first win in the country since 2016, and their first over the Swans in any capacity since August 2006, which also happened to be in the League Cup.

That season, Wanderers reached the semi-finals, losing to eventual winners, Chelsea.

Bloomfield said: “We played some really good stuff in the first half and we knew we were going to have large spells without the ball. We worked hard on our shape and structure.

“We had to enjoy it when we had the ball playing against a possession-based team.

"We created some good chances in the first half.

“We had nine or 10 players out and we had to rotate the team.

"I’m immensely proud of the way the boys defended.

“We knew we’d need to be so well drilled in and out of possession and we executed it superbly.

“We had a lot of players missing through injury but the lads performed excellently.”

On the other hand, Swansea boss Luke Williams was not happy with his side’s showing, calling the first-half, ‘atrocious’.

He said: “There was a lack of energy, lack of intensity, lack of aggression, and lack of quality in a disjointed performance.

“The first half was atrocious.

“We improved after that, but it’s still not a good performance.

“They’ve certainly been told they can’t come out with that type of lethargic attitude.”

Wycombe will now play Aston Villa in the third round at Adams Park.