Winless Mark Hughes has 'full support' of Stoke board

Joe Allen close to Liverpool exit as Stoke open talks over £13m deal

Stoke City 0-1 Liverpool PLAYER RATINGS: Lucas answers call of duty Despite suffering an injury crisis, Liverpool managed to bag a first leg advantage in the Capital One Cup semi-finals after defeating Stoke City 1-0. Here is how the players rated at the Britannia.

Arnautovic is Stoke's Ibrahimovic. Can Reds stop him? IAN LADYMAN: Marko Arnautovic frustrated Steve McClaren at FC Twente and Jose Mourinho at Inter Milan. On Tuesday night, the Stoke striker will be Liverpool's problem at the Britannia.

Stoke City win red card appeal for Geoff Cameron Stoke have successfully appealed the red card shown to defender Geoff Cameron during their 2-1 Premier League defeat to West Brom on Saturday.

Glen Johnson outshining Stoke's new superstars SAM CUNNINGHAM: In a Stoke team now brimming full of glitz and flair – with Bojan Krkic, Ibrahim Afellay and Xherdan Shaqiri – no-one expected the veteran right back to be outshining them all.

Xherdan Shaqiri confident Stoke can spring a surprise at Arsenal Stoke City winger Xherdan Shaqiri will be happy if his struggling team can grind out a draw when they take on Arsenal in the Premier League on Saturday.

Benteke and Co prepare for Liverpool's trip to Stoke Brendan Rodgers has promised Stoke will be confronted by a different Liverpool when they return to the ground at which they were embarrassed 6-1 on the final day of last season.

Bojan needs to battle for his Stoke team-mates Bojan Krkic needs to throw himself into battle against Stoke's enemies to prove he is over his injury hell, according to team-mate Peter Odemwingie.

Stoke make amusing blunder after revealing Mark Hughes new contract Stoke announced Mark Hughes had signed a new contract with no dramas... or so they thought. They later revealed their error and Twitter wasn't exactly kind.