By Gareth Vincent
MICHAEL Laudrup saluted Swansea City for matching Norwich City's desire after an entertaining 2-2 draw at Carrow Road this afternoon.
Swansea were left with mixed emotions having got in front through Michu's 21st goal of the season but then found themselves 2-1 down.
Sloppy defending cost Laudrup's men twice, as Robert Snodgrass and Michael Turner netted to put Norwich 2-1 up with half an hour to play.
But Swansea fought back to claim a deserved draw when Luke Moore marked his bright display with a 75th-minute leveller.
There were chances for Swansea to win it, most notably through Michu, but they emerged relatively happy after taking a first Premier League point off the Canaries at the fourth attempt.
The draw ended Swansea's run of three successive defeats and boosted their hopes of a top-half Premier League finish.
"There's a difference between a team who want to win and a team who would like to win," Laudrup said.
"Norwich really wanted to win because they still need some points to be sure of survival, and I said to the players that we had to match that otherwise we would lose again.
"I think we did that. Maybe we could have won, but maybe we could have lost as well.
"There were different moments in the game. Am I satisfied with a point or should it have been three? That's a difficult question to answer."
Swansea were without Leon Britton after his wife gave birth to twin boys, while Ben Davies came off early after a bout of sickness.
There was late controversy after Norwich substitute Grant Holt's studs-up challenge on Chico Flores.
A foul was awarded by referee Michael Oliver, but Holt was fortunate to escape further sanction over a tackle which left Flores fuming.
"I don't know how bad it was – whether it was a yellow, red or pink card," Laudrup added.
"But I am just glad that while he is a little bit sore, Chico has not suffered a serious injury.
"You have to remember that he has just come back after seven weeks out injured, and I think he felt the challenge could have caused another bad injury."