Swansea City's Filip Lissah revels in Falkirk matchwinner being his first professional goal

Filip Lissah’s first professional goal was a crucial one - the Swansea City defender headed home Falkirk’s matchwinner against Aberdeen on Saturday.

And the 21-year-old, who will stay with the Bairns for the remainder of the Scottish Premiership season, believes that his confidence will continue to grow under the stewardship of manager John McGlynn.

A natural centre-back, the former Chelsea youth prospect has excelled at full-back for Falkirk since breaking into the Bairns’ starting eleven. Lissah has kept the likes of Leon McCann and Keelan Adams out of the team at points due to his performances and has started the previous 12 top-flight outings, helping Falkirk climb back into the top six.

Swansea’s Filip Lissah is loving Falkirk loan

Reviewing last weekend’s 1-0 win over the Dons, he said: "It was an amazing performance from the team. We started the game with so much energy especially in the first half and we took the game right to them. I'm delighted on a personal note to score the goal that won the match but it is all about the whole team working hard to get that 1-0 win, it's just brilliant.

"First and foremost, we want to stay in this league. So getting as many points on the board as possible, game after game. We want to focus on the next game only. Any bonuses that come with where we are just come with that. If we're moving back into the top six, then that's obviously a positive for us.”

Lissah’s matchwinning moment came just before the hour mark when he found himself free in front of goal to head home dangerous Calvin Miller’s free-kick. The defender managed to direct the ball under Dimitar Mitov’s legs.

"That was my first professional goal so obviously I'm delighted with that!,” he added. "The ball found me in the box and I managed to score. We've been talking over the past couple weeks as a group about how we haven't really scored as many set pieces as we wanted to. It was in my mind and I just wanted to attack the ball and luckily it has dropped right on my head."

Filip Lissah explains ‘confidence boost’ he’s had at Bairns

The versatile defender is loving life at the Bairns and he hailed the “confidence boost” that’s he’s had in recent times thanks to boss McGlynn - who is giving him the regular game time he’s been hoping for after suffering a year blighted by injury last season.

Lissah said: "Having that kind of backing from the manager and all the staff, it gives you such a confidence boost. It's brilliant having that from the manager and I'll play wherever he needs me to play. I'm just happy to be on the pitch and playing so yeah, it's good. My confidence is really growing. Especially coming here straight off the back of spending the whole of last year now injured. I think just being able to play football and build on performance after performance is kind of giving me the confidence to grow. It's been great to have the opportunity here and I'm loving every second of it.”

He also confirmed that he is unlikely to be heading back to parent club Swansea City, saying: "I'm pretty sure that I'm going to be staying here from what I know. So I'm just looking forward to building on more performances and hopefully finishing out the season here."