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Garry Monk apologises for Swansea humiliation against Chelsea

Swansea boss Garry Monk apologised to the club's fans -- and Jose Mourinho -- after his side were humbled 5-0 by Chelsea.

Oscar and Diego Costa both scored twice in the first half to put Chelsea in cruise control before substitute Andre Schurrle grabbed a fifth goal 11 minutes from time to ensure Swansea suffered their heaviest home defeat for 24 years.

Swansea were without three midfielders in Leon Britton, Jonjo Shelvey and Ki Sung-Yueng, and their performance never recovered from Gylfi Sigurdsson losing possession inside the first minute for Oscar to open the scoring.

"I said sorry to Jose that I couldn't give him a game today," Monk said. "It was a horrible performance and the first 45 minutes was our worst of the season.

"It's difficult to make those mistakes continuously and against a Chelsea side like that it magnifies it even more.

"We didn't give fans the performance we wanted and I can only apologise because it's my team and I take full responsibility for that."

But Monk insisted that Swansea's heaviest home defeat since a 6-1 thrashing to Wigan in April 1991 would not derail a league campaign which has seen them placed in the top 10 all season.

"The good thing is we're still in a good position and I don't worry about the long-term because I know the characters in that dressing room," Monk said.

"It's one performance we have to reflect on and learn from but every time we've had a disappointment we've reacted straight away and this defeat won't define our season."

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