Stoke 3 Norwich 1: Norwich proved instrumental in their own downfall as they succumbed to a 3-1 Barclays Premier League defeat at Stoke.

Norwich proved instrumental in their own downfall as they succumbed to defeat at Stoke.

Stoke 2 Bournemouth 1: Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe admitted things did not look good for Callum Wilson after the Cherries’ top scorer was carried off on a stretcher having suffered a knee injury early on under a challenge from Philipp Wollscheid.

Kevin Grealish, father of Jack Grealish, has denied reports his son has opted to declare for England instead of Ireland.

Group D’s qualification permutations became a lot clearer following Monday night’s results ahead of two final rounds of fixtures in October.

Stoke 2 Swansea 1

Jonathan Walters’ fifth international goal could not prevent the Republic of Ireland from slipping to a 2-1 friendly defeat by Turkey.

Stoke have lost an appeal against Jonathan Walters’ red card in the 1-1 draw with Norwich on Saturday, the Football Association said last night.

Robin van Persie was again absent from the Manchester United squad but Marouane Fellaini was selected to face former club Everton at Old Trafford.

Manchester Unites 3 Stoke City 2

Liverpool 1 Stoke City 0

Sunderland 1 Stoke 1

Sunderland 1 Stoke 1

Arsenal 1 Stoke 0

Sergio Aguero ended Manchester City’s 44-year search for a title in extraordinary fashion as two goals in injury-time gave Roberto Mancini’s men a scarcely-believable 3-2 win over 10-man QPR.

THE actor Cesar Romero used to say that the most important thing in Hollywood was to be sincere – even if you have to fake it.

Marco Tardelli has warned the Republic of Ireland not to underestimate Andorra as they attempt to snatch automatic qualification for Euro 2012.

ARSENE WENGER came into the pressroom at Stoke’s Britannia Stadium and stared up at a TV screen that showed Manchester United leading Chelsea 1-0 with only a couple of minutes on the clock.

ANOTHER evening peppered with bad vibes at the Aviva.

JONATHAN WALTERS’ chances of making his senior debut for Ireland against Norway next week appear to have improved with the news that captain Robbie Keane has been forced to withdraw from the final 25-man squad for the friendly game at the Aviva Stadium.

THE bad news was all on the Russian front yesterday as Spurs striker Roman Pavlyuchenko was ruled out of Friday’s European Championship qualifier in Dublin.

An uninspiring Coca-Cola Championship clash between Ipswich and Leicester ended goalless at Portman Road.

ALEX MCLEISH insists he will not panic after 10-man Birmingham City were easily held to a goalless draw by Swansea yesterday.