Jefferson Montero put in another dazzling display as Swansea City cruised to a 2-0 Barclays Premier League victory over 10-man Newcastle United.
The Ecuador winger gave Branislav Ivanovic the runaround as the Welsh club picked up a 2-2 draw at Chelsea last weekend, and he was at it again on Saturday.
After Bafetimbi Gomis had given Swansea a ninth-minute lead, the lively Montero drew two clumsy challenges from Daryl Janmaat that earned the full-back a pair of bookings and got him dismissed four minutes before the break.
Montero hit the post with his best chance to add his name to the scoresheet but provided the assist as an Andre Ayew header made it 2-0 seven minutes into the second half.
Newcastle rarely threatened as Steve McClaren decided to play without a recognised striker for much of the second period.
Jack Cork came on for the injured Ki Sung-yueng (hamstring) in the only change from either manager and it was Swansea who controlled the early stages, with Jonjo Shelvey trying his luck from the edge of the box after three minutes, Tim Krul comfortably collecting his outside-of-the-boot effort.
Krul had to be alert again to keep out a curling Gylfi Sigurdsson strike four minutes later, but it was not long before the Newcastle goalkeeper was picking the ball out of the back of the net.
In a slick attacking move, Shelvey shunned an obvious option out wide to cut inside and thread a delightful through-ball into the path of Gomis, who, having been played onside by Janmaat, rounded Krul and rolled the ball into an open goal for his seventh strike in his last eight BPL matches.
Having been outplayed in the build-up to the opener, Newcastle set about finding an equaliser, and Gabriel Obertan forced Lukasz Fabianski into a diving save with a low drive after 15 minutes.
After seeing Janmaat given his red card, Montero struck the base of the left post with a curling effort from 20 yards and claimed his second victim when Moussa Sissoko pulled up injured while chasing the winger.
The France midfielder was replaced by Steven Taylor, who was making his first appearance since New Year's Day, as McClaren shuffled his pack for the second half, but Swansea continued to dominate and Sigurdsson saw an excellent curling effort bounce off the goalline via the crossbar.
Montero's early season form will give Swansea huge cause for optimism and it was his hanging cross from the left flank that led to the hosts' second, Ghana forward Ayew climbing highest to power home a header.
McClaren had, by this point, substituted lone striker Papiss Cisse and replaced him with Rolando Aarons, further limiting Newcastle's goalscoring opportunities, and Swansea held on for a comfortable victory, with Montero receiving a deserved standing ovation after being subsititued late on.
Swansea City manager Garry Monk: "We dominated the whole game from start to finish. When the red card does come it impacts on the dynamic of the other team more and they sat back after that.
"We were very professional in the second half and made sure we won the game with a clean sheet. We started well, got a fantastic goal and we could have had more."
Newcastle United head coach Steve McClaren: "We didn't learn a lot apart from it is difficult to win with 10 men.
"A little bit of naivety has cost us, 10 men and your backs are against the wall. We have to dust ourselves down and concentrate on the Manchester United game next week."
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