Potters End Losing Streak

Stoke end their Premier League losing streak 2-0. The Potters haven't won a league game since the beginning of January.

Brendan Rodgers doesn't blame stand-in goalkeeper Gerhard Tremmel responsible for Swansea's 2-0 defeat at Stoke.

Premier League newbies, Swansea, beat Stoke by 2-0 in the reverse fixture in October, were dealt a blow before kick-off when Michel Vorm was ruled out through illness.

The Dutchman has been one of the star performers for Rodgersa' team this season, and it was certainly not an easy game for Tremmel to make his Premier League debut in.

The deadlock was broken after 24 minutes as Matthew Upson powered in a header from a Matthew Etherington corner as Tremmel chose to stay on his line. The visitors were undone again six minutes before the break from another set-piece when Peter Crouch nodded home following Ryan Shotton's long throw.

Rodgers said: "I thought Gerhard Tremmel dealt well with most of what he had to do. I thought some of our play was very good but we were disappointed with the two goals we conceded because we obviously know the threat that Stoke have.

"Their quality into the box is very good and they get people on the end of it. We're disappointed with the scoreline but performance-wise I thought there were a lot of good moments."

Match Statistics From Sky Bet

Stoke City	Team Statistics	Swansea City
2	Goals	0
2	1st Half Goals	0
2	Shots on Target	3
3	Shots off Target	4
4	Blocked Shots	2
8	Corners	4
14	Fouls	8
0	Offsides	0
1	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
66	Passing Success	84.7
26	Tackles	26
65.4	Tackles Success	61.5
26.4	Possession	73.6
56.4	Territorial Advantage	43.6
194	Total Passes	616
26	Total Crosses	19
156	Lost Balls	167
43	Recoveries	61
20.7	1st Half Poss.	79.3
27.3	2nd Half Poss.	72.7

Please remember they are from Sky, so they are biased against Stoke