Alex Kacaniklic's first-half strike has given Fulham the lead over Swansea City at the Liberty Stadium in the Premier League this afternoon.

The visitors had a chance as early as the second minute but Bryan Ruiz's reluctance to use his weaker right foot resulted in the chance petering out with the Costa Rican scuffing an effort.

Kacaniklic gave his side the lead after 22 minutes after Ruiz's clever backheel to Emmanuel Frimpong led to the latter sliding in the Swede, who struck it hard into Michel Vorm's bottom corner.

The Swede nearly doubled his afternoon's tally on 34 minutes when Dimitar Berbatov held off a challenge from Chico Flores to set him up, but his effort struck the post after a vital touch from Vorm.

Nathan Dyer and Michu exchanged passes nine minutes before half time, leading to the former trying a dipping effort that went narrowly over Mark Schwarzer's goal.