Swansea City manager Steve Cooper has showered praises on Ghana international Andre Ayew following his impressive display for the club.
The Black Stars captain in the absence of regular captain Matts Grimes led the team to victory against Blackburn over the weekend in the EFL Championship.
Ayew scored to help the Swans register a 2-0 win to extend their unbeaten run to four games.
Steve Copper’s side currently sit on the second position in the Sky Bet Championship table, four points adrift leaders Reading.
“Andre is a leader, regardless of whether or not he wears the armband,” said Cooper after the game.
“He always stands up and leads by example. He’s a massive influence at this club.
“Not every game can be the purest; I think sometimes you have to accept that even though that’s what we aim for.
“But it’s also a good sign that in those games you can keep a clean sheet against a team that has scored more goals and had more shots than any other team so far. ”
He added: “It was a fantastic header from Cabango. You look at him and you can see he’s a guy who is more than capable of doing that.
“We showed some good attributes today to win the game of football. The first half wasn’t the prettiest, truth be told. We took a while to settle.
“But, second half I thought we were better. The game was played more in Blackburn’s half which was the message at half-time”
