Stoke City 1-1 Manchester City ( Matty Etherington/ Micah Richards)
Matthew Etherington’s stoppage time equaliser gives Stoke City a point against Manchester City. City had taken the lead in the second half through an excellent Micah Richards goal but Stoke got the point they deserved thanks to Etherington’s goal.
Stoke City 2-0 Liverpool ( Ricardo Fuller, Kenwyne Jones)
Stoke moved above Liverpool in the league table as they beat the Reds 2-0 at the Britannia Stadium on November 13, 2010.
A scrappy opening goal from Ricardo Fuller and a nice finish from Kenwyne Jones gave the Potters a rare victory over the Reds. This, in fact, was Stoke City’s first win over Liverpool in 26 years.
Liverpool looked a shadow of the side that had downed Chelsea a week ago and questions will again be asked about manager Roy Hodgson.
Liverpool also had Lucas sent off late in the game.
Carlo Ancelotti has said that his Chelsea side are playing “Playstation Football” at this moment and if that continues, we could easily see a repeat of the 7-0 thrashing Chelsea inflicted upon Stoke when the latter last came visiting to Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea have started their Premier League defence with two consecutive 6-0 wins and are huge favourites to beat Tony Pulis’ Stoke this weekend.