One of Swansea City’s best bits of summer business has quietly gone under the radar
The goalkeeper has become one of Swansea’s most important players this season
Watford, having been second best for most of the night, were now starting to push.
Having dominated the contest for so long, and scored a deserved opener, Swansea City were now having to dig in a little.
Two minutes from time, the Hornets won the latest in a flurry of corners. In it came, curling menacingly into a penalty area now swelling with expectant Watford bodies, each of them ready to pounce.
But rising above it all was Lawrence Vigouroux, muscling his way through the chaos to duly pluck the ball out of the air and snuff out the danger.
It was a moment that provoked one of the loudest cheers of the night, and saw him earn a slap on the back from almost every one of his visibly appreciative team-mates as he lay on top of the ball inside his own box.
Vigouroux wasn’t actually forced into a save on the night, but this was nevertheless a contribution that helped edge Swansea over the line to claim what was a largely deserved three points.
The Chile international has perhaps gone under the radar a little since his arrival from Burnley, particularly given the form of other arrivals, such as Goncalo Franco or Eom Jisung. But the number of plaudits he’s attracted in recent weeks have made him increasingly harder to overlook.
Some of the club’s more excitable supporters have even started making comparisons to the likes of Lukasz Fabianski.
