Swansea City 2-2 Newcastle United

• Newcastle have won only five games in 2014
• Bony opens account for season
• Swansea are without a win in four league games
• Newcastle end run of four defeats by the Welsh club

Newcastle eased some of the pressure on manager Alan Pardew by battling to an unlikely point at Swansea.

Swansea led through Wilfried Bony's low finish, then Wayne Routledge's cute flick, after Gylfi Sigurdsson passes.

But they could not hold on and go a fourth league game without a win.

The point will certainly be more cherished by winless Newcastle and by Pardew, who remains an unpopular figure with many of the St James' Park fans.

Owner Mike Ashley reportedly said the manager was "finished" if the club lost to Stoke last Monday - which they did - and the supporters protested again on Saturday. For the third game in succession, they brandished signs calling for Pardew to be sacked.

The Swansea supporters joined in too, chanting "sacked in the morning" towards Pardew after their side took a 17th-minute lead following a sharp three-pass move.

Ki Sung-yueng's ball from midfield bisected two defenders and found Bony, who shunted it on to Sigurdsson. The Icelander's return pass found the Ivorian, who skidded low past Krul.

The goalkeeper was again helpless for Swansea's second five minutes after the interval. Sigurdsson was afforded far too much space at the edge of the area and flicked a pass into the path of the on-rushing Routledge, who jabbed past the exposed goalkeeper.

That strike put the Welsh side 2-1 ahead but it would have been more had it not been for Krul. The Dutchman made two near-identical saves to thwart Bony, twice plunging low to his left to push the ball past a post after low Nathan Dyer crosses.

Newcastle's other hero was Cisse. Restored to the starting line-up by Pardew, the striker reprised his feat of scoring a brace at the Liberty Stadium in April 2012 to perhaps buy his manager a little more time.

Cisse had restored parity two minutes before at the break, flicking Gabriel Obertan's delivery past Lukas Fabianski at his near post.

And the Senegal frontman struck again with 15 minutes remaining, finding space in the six yard box to bundle Sammy Ameobi's teasing cross into the Swansea net.

Swansea boss Garry Monk: "It's two points dropped and the goals we conceded were poor. There was a lack of concentration and it's cost us dearly.

"We knew Newcastle would be fighting and they showed that in their performance.

"We were dominant but we conceded a poor goal before half-time and we spoke about starting the second half very well. We did that but possession came for us too easily and that was our downfall for the second goal because they countered and scored."