REUTERS – Arsenal will make a late decision on whether influential forward Alexis Sanchez will be fit enough to be included in the squad that travel to take on Stoke City in the Premier League on Sunday, manager Arsene Wenger said on Friday. The Chilean international had scored six league goals this season before being […]
REUTERS – Stoke City winger Xherdan Shaqiri is likely to sit out Sunday’s Premier League encounter against table-toppers Arsenal with a hamstring injury, manager Mark Hughes said. The Switzerland international missed Wednesday’s 3-1 victory over Norwich City, which helped the Potters to climb up the table to seventh place after 21 games. “He may miss […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Jordon Ibe came off the bench to drive home the winner as Liverpool took a big step towards reaching the League Cup final with a 1-0 victory at Stoke City in the first leg of their last-four tie on Tuesday. Ibe was summoned into the action early and the winger fired home […]
REUTERS – Stoke City manager Mark Hughes has no doubt that British managers are not winning major competitions only because the top jobs in England do not come their way. Hughes won 15 trophies as a player but success has proved much more elusive since he took over managerial roles. “As a manager, it’s more […]
REUTERS – Stoke City have lodged an appeal against the red card shown to defender Geoff Cameron during their last-gasp 2-1 Premier League defeat by West Bromwich Albion on Saturday, the club said on their website (www.stokecityfc.com). Cameron, 30, was dismissed by referee Lee Mason seven minutes from the end of the game after he […]
REUTERS – Stoke City’s Marko Arnautovic loves the spotlight and the Austrian forward should feed off the attention to continue his goalscoring spree, manager Mark Hughes said ahead of Saturday’s Premier League clash against West Bromwich Albion. Arnautovic seems to have made a habit of scoring key goals for the Potters, four of his seven […]
REUTERS – Team work will take Stoke City to new heights, winger Xherdan Shaqiri has said after Monday’s morale-boosting 4-3 Premier League win over Everton. Despite scoring four goals on Monday, Stoke, who are ninth in the table, are one of the low-scoring teams in the league with 20 goals. “I think you never know […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Once viewed as a team more likely to kick you up in the air than pass you off the pitch, Stoke City are doing their best to live up to the new, if scarcely believable, ‘Stokealona’ moniker. A thrilling 4-3 victory at Everton on Monday lifted the Potters to eighth in the […]
REUTERS – Stoke City have the ability to beat any team when they are at their best and Everton are prepared for a tough challenge on Monday, Toffees manager Roberto Martinez revealed ahead of the Premier League clash between the two sides. Everton snatched a vital 1-0 win over Newcastle United on Saturday when former […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Leicester City were given a reality check when the unlikely leaders lost 1-0 at Liverpool on Saturday while Manchester United slumped to a third straight Premier League defeat to pile the pressure on Louis van Gaal. Arsenal wasted a Boxing Day opportunity to knock Leicester off the top of the table when […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Louis van Gaal hinted he could vacate the Manchester United hot seat after Stoke City swatted aside his timid team 2-0 on Saturday. Goals from forwards Bojan Krkic and Marko Arnautovic punished United for a dreadful start at a blustery Britannia Stadium and although the visitors improved in the second half they […]
