Swansea City’s impressive start to the season continued as goals from Jake Bidwell and Ben Cabango saw them beat Millwall 2-1 at the Liberty Stadium.

Swansea went ahead right at the start of the second half as Bidwell steered home his first goal for the club at the far post.

Millwall swiftly responded, with Tom Bradshaw levelling just five minutes later as he fired in his first league goal since January.

But the Lions saw their unbeaten start to the league campaign come to an end thanks to Cabango’s close-range strike.

This was a meeting of two sides who have been hard to break down in the early stages of the season – and defences were on top in a first half that was short on chances.

Swansea’s passing game was not sharp enough to cause any significant problems for Millwall, who looked most troubled when they had the ball and the home side pressed high up the pitch.

After Cabango’s early penalty appeal was turned down, Swansea were reduced to trying shots from distance, Matt Grimes firing straight at Bartosz Bialkowski and Andre Ayew slicing over.

Millwall’s only chance of any note before the break came when Mason Bennett met Scott Malone’s left-wing cross with a header which was blocked by Marc Guehi.

Swansea did improve as half-time approached, with Morgan Gibbs-White and Ayew combining to tee up a Jamal Lowe volley which ricocheted to safety off Alex Pearce.

Next Ayew crossed from the right for Bidwell, but the wing-back could only head wide of the far post.

The goal the game needed arrived seconds after the restart, as Gibbs-White burst down the right and crossed to the far post.

Bidwell, making his 45th Swansea appearance, did well to wrap his leg round Mahlon Romeo and poke a shot beyond Bialkowski and inside the far post.

The lead was soon wiped out, however, as Swansea conceded for the first the first time in the Championship this season.

The goal was soft when it came, with Bradshaw getting in too easily and then drilling a low shot which beat 21-year-old Steven Benda, who was making his debut in the Swansea goal in the absence of the unwell Freddie Woodman.

Next came a flashpoint, as Ayew went down screaming and clutching his face after an off-the-ball coming together with Jake Cooper and prompting an angry response from Millwall’s players.

When the game eventually restarted – after no action from the officials – it was Swansea who seized the initiative for a second time.

Their second goal was not a thing of beauty.

Gibbs-White’s chipped free-kick was only half-cleared and Lowe volleyed into a crowd to start a mighty scramble.

Bidwell looked like claiming his second but saw a backheel saved by Bialkowski, but centre-back Cabango was on hand to stab home at the second attempt.

The battle continued to the end, with Pearce forcing Benda to help a shot over the bar before Jake Cooper’s stoppage-time header was pushed to safety by Swansea’s rookie keeper.