#2 Potters flutter briefly
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The Potters played some good football initially with Allen drifting inside from an unfamiliar left midfield role. Arnautovic played ahead of Shaqiri while Diouf provided protection along the right flank. Stoke functioned nicely and they were rewarded when a rash challenge by Xhaka led to a penalty.
Adam stepped up to convert on his birthday and gave Stoke the lead. But that was it as Arsenal ran away with the game thereafter. Hughes did try and change things in the second half by bringing on Crouch and was almost rewarded immediately. Unfortunately for Stoke, Arsenal went down the other end and scored a goal themselves to seal the game.
In the end, Plan B was a reminder of the old-school Stoke that one felt had been shelved since the arrival of Mark Hughes.
