AMINE Linganzi felt hard work and discipline were the key factors behind Swindon Town’s impressive 3-1 win away at Mansfield Town at the weekend.

Midfielder Linganzi got the ball rolling for David Flitcroft’s side at the One Call Stadium as he broke the deadlock inside four minutes and a further goal from John Goddard and Luke Norris’ penalty put the visitors 3-0 up inside an hour.

Mansfield entered the game boasting an unbeaten home record in League Two and Linganzi felt Swindon’s tireless work ethic was what allowed them to end that run.

“The team worked hard. Mansfield are a good team but we are too,” said Linganzi.

“This week we worked really hard with the manager.

“We had a friendly game on Tuesday against Torquay and today we repeated the same things.

“I am really happy for the players and I am happy for myself as it’s my first goal for the club.

“We worked hard and stayed in shape. Obviously we conceded a goal and we are a bit disappointed in that as we wanted a clean sheet but you can’t be perfect in every game and we won and that is what is important.

“We were really disciplined. There was a lot of communication and we were really strong. I thought the full-backs were brilliant and the players up front as well. It was a really good performance.”

Linganzi’s early opener for Swindon was his first goal for the club and came courtesy of a Matt Taylor free-kick, with the Congo man outmuscling Krystian Pearce in the lunge to divert the ball home at the back post.

That goal gave the visitors the impetus in the game before Norris’ penalty just 10 minutes after the break killed off the Stags’ hopes for good.

Although Town are proving to be a potent side when it comes to set-pieces this term, Linganzi knows the team are more than capable of scoring in a variety of ways.

“The defender was grabbing me so I put all my weight forward and I just dived and scored,” explained Linganzi.

“Most goals from set-pieces come because of a lack of concentration. You need to be focussed when you are attacking the ball. We are pretty strong on set-pieces. We need to carry that on but we know we can score from open play as well.

“The penalty was at the perfect time. I didn’t see exactly what happened but it doesn’t matter how it comes.”