adminSwansea suffered yet more stoppage-time agony as Charlie Adam’s penalty earned Stoke a point in a thrilling 3-3 draw at the Liberty Stadium.
Jonathan Walters and Stephen Ireland gave the visitors the half-time advantage.
Wilfried Bony got one back early in the second half before Nathan Dyer levelled and the Ivorian struck his 10th goal of the season to put Swansea ahead with four minutes to go.
But Swansea, who had let leads slip in the dying moments of both Europa League meetings with Kuban Krasnodar, were denied again when referee Robert Madley decided Wayne Routledge had handled a Ryan Shawcross header and Adam made no mistake from the spot.
Such a result had seemed unlikely after a lacklustre first-half display from Swansea, but the shell-shocked Welsh side will feel aggrieved to not have taken all three points after a rousing fightback. Stoke, meanwhile, see their winless run extended to eight games and manager Mark Hughes will be furious they contrived to throw away a fully-deserved interval lead.
The visitors had gone ahead in just the eighth minute. Ashley Williams was off the field after treatment, desperately trying to come back on, when Peter Crouch flicked on a long ball and Ben Davies and Chico Flores got in each other’s way to allow Walters to apply the finish.
Williams was furious and let his frustrations show with a poor challenge on Steven Nzonzi for which he was lucky not to be booked. — Mailonline.
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