Swansea (Wales): Danny Graham finally ended his 11-month goal drought as the Hull striker returned to haunt his former club in a 1-1 draw against Swansea on Monday .
Graham enjoyed a prolific 18-month spell with Swansea before moving to Sunderland for 5 million in January and then onto Hull on loan in August. The 28-year-old has struggled at both Sunderland and Hull, but he produced a fine strike early in the first half at the Liberty Stadium to put his name on the scoresheet for the first time since he netted for Swansea in a League Cup win at Chelsea in January .
Graham's first goal for Hull wasn't enough to secure the points however as Swansea defender Chico Flores equalised in the second half.
The result left both sides in mid-table, with 10th placed Swansea one point above their opponents. “Certainly it's been a long-time coming,“ Graham said of a 30game drought that lasted 1,626 minutes.
“I wanted to go crazy when I scored but I had a good relationship with the Swansea fans and had good times down here so I wasn't going to celebrate.“
Michael Laudrup, Swansea's manager and former Barcelona player, added: “In the second half we did much better and got the equaliser, but after such a bad first half we didn't deserve to win today .“ Swansea forward Michu was back in the team after five weeks out with an ankle injury .
But it took Graham just nine minutes to show his old employers the sort of predatory finishing he produced on a regular basis during his time in south Wales. Swansea defender Ashley Williams contributed to his side's downfall with a careless pass to Ahmed Elmohamady.
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