David Cotterill grabbed the first before Bale set up Hal Robson-Kanu for the second.

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David Cotterill, Andy King and Ashley Williams all scored first senior goals, with Joe Ledley hitting a penalty.

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But when Paul McShane was ruled to have tugged down Welsh sub David Cotterill it gave Koumas the chance to level.

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Wales boss Toshack made five changes at half-time, with Myhill, Ramsey, Sam Vokes, Carl Fletcher and David Cotterill all coming off the bench.

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The visitors threw on Argentine Julio Arca on the hour to add some steel to their midfield, while David Cotterill replaced Mark Gower for the Swans.

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Ruddy gave away the penalty in a one-on-one with Swans striker Scott Sinclair but brushed himself off to tip David Cotterill's spot-kick on to the post.

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Ched Evans took over up front for the hard-working Vokes after 62 minutes, while defender Lewin Nyatanga was sacrificed as David Cotterill beefed up Wales' attacking options.

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The home side eased the anguish of the dumbfounded Liberty Stadium crowd on 23 minutes as Van der Gun directed goal-ward a header from a David Cotterill corner.

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Chelsea were left to rue that miss when Heskey was on hand to direct the ball into the roof of the net after Denny Landzaat turned back David Cotterill's cross from the right.

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Toshack also praised Swansea's Cotterill, Leicester's Andy King and Blackpool's David Vaughan.

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