'We want to always send fans home happy' - Matos

Vitor Matos said Swansea City fell short of their usual standards in the first half of their draw with Preston North End, but praised his players as they "found a way" to earn a point thanks to Liam Cullen's late goal.

A sell-out crowd of 20,233 was at the Swansea.com Stadium as rapper Snoop Dogg watched the Swans in the flesh for the first time since becoming a co-onwer of the club last July.

However, Preston threatened to spoil the Snoop Dogg party after Daniel Jebbison forced the ball over the line midway through the first half, leaving Swansea struggling to establish any control.

"Preston were better than us in the first half. That's the truth," Matos said.

"We could not break their organisation, not finding the right player to start the attack. That created a little bit of sloppiness.

"We were two days in between [games]. Preston had one more day to recover, sometimes that makes a difference. They scored on our worst moment and from there we needed to build - not easy."

Swansea improved significantly after the break and their persistence was eventually rewarded in stoppage time when substitute Cullen headed home.

"I think the point was important," Matos said.

"Performance-wise, Preston were better in the first half, but in the second half we were better than them. We found more mobility.

"We were able to break their lines inside and outside and created several chances. We could have scored earlier, but we kept trying and in the end we got the reward we deserved.

"We found a way. I think the draw feels like a fair result."

The result leaves Preston with just one win in their past eight league matches, while Swansea will look to extend their unbeaten run to three games when they travel to promotion-chasing Ipswich Town on Saturday (15:00 GMT).