Stoke City made it three wins in a row as Wilfried Bony struck twice against former club Swansea City at the Bet365 Stadium.
The Ivorian netted the first and third goal of the game, with Alfie Mawson putting the ball through his own net after Wayne Routledge levelled the game for the Swans.
Bob Bradley continues to wait for his first win as Swansea manager, with the Welsh club remaining in the bottom three of the Premier League.
The hosts started on the front foot, and Bony was on hand to put them in the lead just three minutes in, converting Allen’s mishit shot from close range.
But the lead was not held for long, Swansea pulling level five minutes later with Routledge heading Sigurdsson’s cross powerfully past Lee Grant in goal.
The Potters looked for an immediate response, Bony flashing a strike wide, Allen hitting over from long-range, and Adam crashing a curler against the post.
Swansea were starting to press more and more, with Stoke sitting off them, but it was Adam who next came closest to scoring – again striking the woodwork with a lovely curling attempt.
For the THIRD time Stoke were inches away from retaking the lead, Arnautovic making his way around Fabianski excellently, but he could only watch on as the Potters were denied by the post again.
The Potters could count themselves unlucky to enter the break still level, but they were not downhearted when the second period started.
They remained on the front foot, and Bony really should have converted Arnautovic’s cross to put Hughes’ men in front – but he lashed over from close range.
However, the hosts’ second goal did come, Mawson putting through his own net after some excellent work from exciting youngster Ramadan Sobhi on the left side of the area.
The Egyptian turned Angel Rangel inside out before striking towards goal, and although his shot looked to be going wide, centre-back Mawson could only deflect the ball past Fabianski.
The goal seemed to knock confidence from the Swans, who were looking listless in attack.
And with 20 minutes remaining, Stoke secured the win – Bony heading home Allen’s acrobatic delivery to make it 3-1.
Bony could have had a hat-trick a moment later, but his glancing header was hacked off the line, and he was taken off to a great reception moments later.
Llorente forced a save from Grant and Borja saw a deflected attempt flick off the bar, but there was no real fear the Swans would hit the back of the net before the final whistle blew after four minutes of injury time.
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Source: TalkSport