Bafetimbi Gomis illustrated his ability to respond to adversity by returning to the Swansea team soon after suffering a frightening fainting episode . He did similar at Villa Park , rousing himself after three missed chances to bury the winner in the closing stages . Garry Monk , the Swansea manager , believes that goal , following a brilliant Jefferson Montero cross , showed his striker is ready to fill the void left by Wilfried Bony and replicate the kind of form he enjoyed at Lyon . Bafetimbi Gomis scored a late winner as Swansea beat Aston Villa 1-0 at Villa Park on Saturday . Gomis ( second right ) celebrates with a rogue Swansea fan who made his way onto the pitch . Every time Bafetimbi Gomis has scored this season , Swansea have won . ‘ We know what the headlines would have been if we didn ’ t win that game , ’ said Monk . ‘ But Bafe didn ’ t let it affect him when he had those chances . He persevered and deserved that . His commitment and effort in recent weeks since Bony left has been top. ’ His strike against Villa was his third Premier League goal of the season , even if all have been late winners . It was his 27th game in the English top-flight but only 14th start . For Tim Sherwood , defeat punctured some of the building optimism around his tenure . The Villa manager insisted the club would not creep back into the ‘ depression mode ’ he encountered on arriving however . ‘ The morale was very low when I came in . They were on the floor , ’ he said . ‘ I think that ’ s turned around now . I ’ m still confident even after this little blip that we ’ ll stay in the division. ’ Garry Monk is confident that Gomis can fill the void left by Wilfried Bony , who has joined Manchester City . Tim Sherwood is confident he will not let Aston Villa return to 'depression mode '
Bafetimbi Gomis scored a late goal as Swansea beat Aston Villa 1 - 0 . Swansea fan Garry ##rick praised his striker post - match . Monk believes he can fill the void left by Wilfried Bony 's departure . Tim Sherwood will not let fans creep back into ' depression mode ' CLICK HERE for all the latest Swansea City news .