Stoke City 2 Swansea City 0: match report So much purposeful running from Swansea, so much diligent pressing off the ball, and yet they were chasing the game. Gylfi Sigurdsson curled over a free-kick in the 26th minute as their frustrations continued. Upson then showed his defensive prowess with a well-timed tackle on Joe Allen when he was poised to shoot after surging forward. Swansea were re-gaining their confidence at least. But, in came another Stoke set-piece, and they were 2-0 down. This time it was a throw-in from Ryan Shotton, which was met by a Peter Crouch downward header that Tremmel could only push into this own net. The visitors stuck to their principles in the second half as Dyer cut inside from right and curled wide a 20-yard effort. Those trademark Stoke set-pieces remained an irritant though as Shotton's long throw was flicked on by Crouch then headed over by Jon Walters inside the six-yard box. Impressive Upson made another timely block, deflecting over Angel Rangel's strike, before another familiar sight - Walters missing a close-range chance, this time heading wide at the back post from a deep cross. As the game drew towards a close, Stoke looked increasingly in command, although goalkeeper Asmir Begovic was forced to push the ball on to his bar in injury time from a Steven Caulker header after Sigurdsson's free-kick. A run of four successive league losses was over for them and their infamous, winning formula had been re-discovered.