Head coach Alan Sheehan hailed striker Zan Vipotnik’s “moment of excellence” after a difficult pre-season at Swansea City.

The Slovenia international had limited minutes in the build-up to the Championship campaign due to injury, but has now scored in successive games – against Watford and a 25-yard strike against Plymouth Argyle in the EFL Cup.

“We’re creating a lot of chances where we need people to get on the end of things. But that was a moment of excellence from VP [Vipotnik] to back up his goal the other day,” said Sheehan after the Plymouth victory.

“It was a game that, potentially, we should have finished in the first half. We created chances. Melker [Widell] had a few and VP’s had a few.

“But, ultimately, we didn’t get that second goal and then we allowed them in with a set play. VP has played a number of games for us and we want to be that relentless team that keeps going without the ball and with the ball.

“He had a good moment on Saturday and another big moment tonight [against Plymouth].

“So that’s what we want from our attacking players, to be scoring goals. So, I’m happy with VP for that.

“He’s had a disrupted pre-season, VP, he was challenging for the [pre-season] game versus Lorient and he missed a good few days with a toe injury and missed that game and then he’s got to get them minutes somewhere.

“We gave him minutes in the Crawley game, he’s come on against Middlesbrough and, in the last game and made an impact [against Watford] and we want our game-changers to come on and then he’s started tonight and he’s scored a wonderful goal.”