An outstanding performance saw Swansea City move off the bottom of the Premier League table as they saw off lacklustre Arsenal 3-1 at the Liberty Stadium.

Arsene Wenger's side were well off the pace during the first half hour, but took an undeserved lead when Mesut Ozil's clipped pass was turned home by Nacho Monreal.

Within two minutes however the hosts were level.

Mesut Ozil was easily dispossessed and when the ball was slipped through, Granit Xhaka allowed Sam Clucas to run free, and the midfielder turned home.
Clucas celebrates his leveller (
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Another frustrating night for Wenger (
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Henrikh Mkhitaryan was introduced on the hour mark, but within 60 seconds an awful Petr Cech mistake allowed Jordan Ayew to make it 2-1.

And when Ayew outstripped Shkodran Mustafi and cut back late on, Clucas fired into the roof of the net to ensure victory for Carlos Carvalhal's men.

Here are John Cross' player ratings from south Wales...

Swansea

Lukasz Fabianski 7

Excellent early save from Iwobi, always seems to do well against his old club.
Fabianski takes the acclaim of the home crowd (
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Kyle Naughton 7

Comfortable on the ball, good going forward and had all round solid game.

Mike Van der Hoorn 7

Has helped Swansea look strong with five at the back, another good display.

Federico Fernandez 7

Good, solid defensive display. Reads the game well, shut down Lacazette.

Alfie Mawson 8

Terrific leader and inspiration for Swansea, strong at the back, drives forward.

Martin Olsson 7

Good, attacking display from left back as he drove forward.

Sam Clucas 9 MOTM

Terrific bursts forward from midfield and lovely, composed finishes. Terrific.
Two goals for Clucas (
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Sueng-Yung Ki 7

Works hard, shielded the defence and covered plenty of ground.

Leroy Fer 7

Did well, ran hard and linked the midfield and attack. Another good display.

Nathan Dyer 7

His pace and movement caused Arsenal’s sluggish defenders all sorts of problems.

Jordan Ayew 8

Excellent movement in Swansea’s attack which gave Arsenal headaches; scored and shrugged aside Mustafi to set up the third.
Ayew thanks the heavens after being gifted the lead (
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Subs used: Carroll (Dyer 83), Bony (Ayew 88)

Subs: Nordfeldt, Bartley, Routledge, Narsingh, Abraham

Arsenal

Petr Cech 5

Terrible slip and mis-kick gift wrapped Swansea their second goal.
Oh Petr! (
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Hector Bellerin 5

Got knocked off the ball easily and needs to get back to his rampaging best.

Shkodran Mustafi 5

His lack of pace was exposed early on and he struggled, particularly against Ayew. But always battles.
Not a good night (
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Laurent Koscielny 5

Suspect at the back, partly weak defensively and also getting no protection.

Nacho Monreal 6

Great going forward, scored but exposed at the back. Wenger gave him rollicking.
Monreal scores (
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Mohamed Elneny 6

Booked. Battled and tackled hard, hooked early as he was on a yellow card.

Granit Xhaka 4

Had a wretched game, does not track his runners and offered little going forward.
Dismal from Xhaka (
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Aaron Ramsey 5

Back in the starting line-up and he looked rusty. One good goal saving tackle.A

Mesut Ozil 6

Nice cross for the opening goal, good in possession but knocked off the ball too easily.
A mixed bag for the German (
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Alex Iwobi 4

Poor display. Lacks quality at times and you wonder if he really is an Arsenal player.

Alexandre Lacazette 4

You would have thought he’d be busting a lung with Aubameyang arriving, but didn’t.
Lacazette barely had a kick (
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Subs: Mkhitaryan (Elneny, 60) 5, Giroud (Iwobi, 76') 5

Subs not used: Ospina, Chambers, Kolasinac, Maitland-Niles, Mkhitaryan, Mketiah