Swansea striker Jason Scotland celebrates his 12th goal of the season
Swansea condemned high-flying Reading to their first Championship defeat for two months at their Liberty fortress.
Swans striker Jason Scotland fired home Alan Tate's pass from the edge of the area on the stroke of half-time to score his seventh goal in seven games.
Reading defender Liam Rosenior was sent off for his second bookable offence before Andrea Orlandi sealed the win.
The Spanish midfielder's 88th minute strike completed Swansea's first league win over Reading for 17 years.
Swansea City manager Roberto Martinez said:
"It was a fantastic game of football and a fantastic win for us.
"For the last six or seven games, apart from at Burnley, we didn't get the rewards we deserved and I'm delighted for the players because we got that today.
"They showed a great responsibility and great maturity to continue with those standards and fighting to get that winning feeling and today we got it from a Reading side are in my eyes a Premiership side.
"To be able to compete with them over 90 minutes and control the game the way we did…makes up for all those performances that we deserved more than a point.
"I think it's a clear example of how much we have developed, how much we learnt from that situation and I am very proud of the players."
Reading manager Steve Coppell said: "I have to accept that on the day Swansea were the better team and won the game.
"I would take an amount of the blame myself. Maybe I should have been more conservative and passive and got a lot of men behind the ball.
"But we err on the side of attack, however we did not get any rhythm today."
E-mail this to a friend 
Printable version 
Bookmark with:
What are these?