
GARRY MONK hailed defence partner Alan Tate for a master-class display against a background of family heartache.
Tate, 27, set up Scott Sinclair's eighth-minute winner and admitting: "This has been the hardest month of my life."
Dad Bill has just had his second op for bowel cancer and his grandmother Nancy has stomach and lung cancer.
Skipper Monk said: "I know what my mate is going through as my mum had cancer a few years ago. Football helped me through it."
Swans' in-demand midfielder Darren Pratley was booked for diving early in the second half then got a second yellow for felling Tyrone Mears.
The fuming Burnley full-back later also got a second booking.
Clarets boss Brian Laws raged: "I'm angry with Tyrone. He's got to look at himself."