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Swansea City 2-0 Stoke City: Liam Cullen fires screamer to put ice on cake…

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The LeaguePaper Team
8 March 2026

By Derek Brown

SWANSEA CITY 2
Vipotnik 53, Cullen 90+2

STOKE CITY 0
Swansea saved the best for last as head coach Vitor Matos purred over the quality of Liam Cullen’s magical 50-yard strike that sealed three points for his improving side.
Already a goal up and playing against ten men after Stoke’s Sorba Thomas had been sent off, it seemed as though Zan Vipotnik’s goal was going to be enough.
Beautiful
However, with the final minutes ticking by, substitute Cullen floated a delightful effort high over the stranded visiting keeper Tommy Simkin to put the gloss on a fine afternoon.
Matos ha...

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