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- Updated: October 31, 2016
Wilfried Bony rediscovered his scoring touch as his two goals helped Stoke beat his old club Swansea 3-1 in the Premier League on Monday Night Fooball.
The Ivory Coast striker had failed to find the net in seven appearances for the Potters since his summer loan move, but struck inside three minutes to get himself off the mark.
Wayne Routledge equalised five minutes later, but Stoke ran away with the game in the second half after an Alfie Mawson own-goal ten minutes after the restart was added to by Bony in the 73rd minute.
Mark Hughes’ men are now five games unbeaten in the league and move up to 12th, while Swansea are winless since the opening day of the season and remain second from bottom.
The 100th Premier League game of the season got off to a fast start and it was a former Swansea double act that outdid the visitors almost immediately. Xherdan Shaqiri played in a corner that found Wales midfielder Joe Allen on the left of the box, passing the ball into the path of Bony who slotted home past Lukasz Fabianksi.
The Swans levelled in the eighth minute, as Gylfi Sigurdsson’s cross found Routledge – who had got himself ahead of Phil Bardsley – and headed home to see the sides level in a raucous first ten minutes.
Bony could have added a second not long after as he sent an effort curling past the post from 20 yards, before Stoke hit the woodwork for the first time. Marko Arnautovic played the ball to …
