Striker Sawyers opened the scoring as Walsall won for the first time this season, but had been jeered by some fans before heading off to help St. Kitts and Nevis beat Dominica in the Caribbean Cup.
Sawyers, 22, even took to Twitter to apologise to fans, but said:
"I didn't play to the standard I'd set for myself. I was disappointed and said that, but now the tweets will be a lot more positive.
"I can accept when they're not on my side when my performances were like they were, but today's reception when I came off made me feel good about myself."
And Birmingham-born Sawyers believes the visit to St. Kitts helped him relax. He said:
"It's a lot more laid back out there so it was good to refresh myself, but I put personal pressure on myself whether I'm playing for Walsall or St. Kitts."
Joe Garner equalised before the break, but Tom Bradshaw and Paul Downing headed Walsall to a second half victory.
Andy Butler returned to Walsall to make his loan debut - only three months after signing for Sheffield United and was felled by a 69th minute headbutt from Jordan Hugill who was red-carded.
But Butler refused to criticise United boss Nigel Clough for farming him out and said:
"There's been no falling out or anything and a friend sent me a text this week to let me know that Walsall haven't won since November 2010 without me playing, so that's not a bad stat!"
Manager Dean Smith took a friendly swipe at the doom mongers who had already tipped the Saddlers for the drop. He joked:
"It's nice to get the win. It was a six-pointer in a relegation battle wasn't it?"
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