Sunday, August 28, 2011

West Brom 0 Stoke 1: Ryan Shotton Strikes Late to Pinch Points for Potters

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Jermaine Pennant (l) makes a desperate attempt to dispossess Nicky Shorey
Substitute Ryan Shotton was the hero for Stoke with an 89th-minute strike at The Hawthorns to hand them their first Premier League win of the season and condemn West Brom to a third successive defeat.

Shane Long
had the best chance of the the first half when his bullet header was saved superbly at point-blank range by Asmir Begovic on a frustrating afternoon for Roy Hodgson's team, who were unable to convert their dominance into goals.

They were eventually punished by Tony Pulis' team, who qualified for the Europa League group stages with victory over FC Thun on Thursday, when Shotton capitalised on a Ben Foster mistake to snatch all three points.

THE GOALS:
89 mins: Gabriel Tamas attempts to shepherd a Stoke long ball back to Foster but Shotton steals in and pips the goalkeeper to the ball before tapping into the empty net.

THE HIGHLIGHTS:
5 mins: Somen Tchoyi gets the better of Ryan Shawcross at the byline and picks out Chris Brunt but he heads wide of the goal.
12 mins: Tchoyi delivers another exquisite cross from the left to Shane Long but his bullet header is saved superbly at point-blank range by Asmir Begovic.
17 mins: Nicky Shorey's cross is half cleared by Jonathan Woodgate to Youssouf Mulumbu on the edge of the area but he blazes over the crossbar.
45 mins: Stoke finally create a clearcut chance when Matthew Etherington crosses for Jermaine Pennant however he heads narrowly over.
50 mins: Pennant sprints down the right and feeds Jon Walters who lays off to Glenn Whelan only for his stabbed attempt to trickle past the right post.
62 mins: Tchoyi twists and turns 20 yards from goal before trying his luck with an ambitious curler which lands a foot wide.
77 mins: Paul Scharner heads Steven Reid's long diagonal ball to Tchoyi on the edge of the area but his vicious half-volley is narrowly off target.

TO COME: ALL THE REACTION

WEST BROM 0 STOKE 1 (Shotton 89)

PLAYER MARKING:
West Brom (4-4-2): Foster 5; Reid 6, Tamas 5, Olsson 6, Shorey 6; Brunt 6 (Thomas 66, 6), Scharner 6, Mulumbu 7, Morrison 6 (Dorrans 80, 5); Tchoyi 6 (Fortune 77, 5), Long 6
Subs (not used): Fulop, Dawson, Jones, Cox

Stoke (4-4-2): Begovic 7; Huth 6, Shawcross 6, Woodgate 6, Wilson 6 (Wilkinson 37, 6); Pennant 5 (Shotton 75, 7), Whitehead 6, Whelan 6, Etherington 5 (Pugh 68, 5); Jones 6, Walters 6
Subs (not used): Sorensen, Collins, Soares, Upson

ATTENDANCE: 22,909

REFEREE: Mike Dean (Wirral)

 

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Source: http://www.fanhouse.co.uk/2011/08/28/west-brom-0-stoke-1-ryan-shotton-strikes-late-on-to-pinch-point/

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