After an incredibly controversial defeat at home to Sunderland, Alan Curtis gave his thoughts to the media as referee Graham Scott became the main talking point from Swansea's 2-4 loss.
Decisions were "the big talking point"
“I’m disappointed, obviously,” said Curtis. “The big talking point is the refereeing decisions."
He recognised that they "benefited from the penalty decision", but claimed "the referee got all the major decisions wrong".
Curtis added that he "doesn't like to criticise the referee", though he didn't mince his words when it came to the effect it had.
“Sometimes decisions can take the game away from you," he stated.
Naughton's sending off was a critical moment
When giving his thoughts about Kyle Naughton's sending off, Curtis confirmed Swansea "will try and appeal tomorrow morning".
He called it a "huge decision" which left Swansea down to ten men for an hour of the game, making things "very difficult" for his side. He believes Naughton "won the ball clearly".
Curtis then detailed just what Scott got wrong in the game: “Their first goal was offside, their second is a huge deflection and their third goal is offside too and then you have red card on top of that - sometimes things don’t go for you."
The interim boss didn't put the decision down as the main reason it "cost [Swansea] the game", but believed "it certainly had a baring on the game".
Defoe's quality shines through
Having a man sent off seemed to be Curtis' main gripe, saying "it’s always going to be difficult" when going down to ten with so long left.
There was also one particular threat that troubled him; Sunderland's hat-trick hero, Jermain Defoe.
He added: “I thought up until the second half, once we scored, that we were in the ascendancy. We looked like we were beginning to control the game.
"If we keep working hard and allied with the players’ ability, hopefully we can turn things around," Curtis concluded.
