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Neil Warnock: Swansea City's Steve Cooper won't respond to father comments

Steve Cooper refused to be drawn on Neil Warnock's comments about his father after Swansea City's remarkable victory over Middlesbrough.

Boro's manager boss then suggested to the media that Cooper senior could be influencing referees, though he insisted he was joking.

"I am not getting involved in personal tittle-tattle," said Swans boss Cooper.

"We are a classy club and I am classy person."

Former Cardiff boss Warnock could be heard regularly berating the match officials even before two major decisions went against his team in the second half.

With Swansea 1-0 up, Middlesbrough's Marc Bola saw an equaliser ruled out because referee Gavin Ward felt Yannick Bolasie had fouled Jay Fulton in the build-up to the goal.