West Brom 2 Stoke 1: Stoke manager Mark Hughes believes the club will appeal Geoff Cameron’s red card as he prepares for their Capital One Cup clash with Liverpool.

Xherdan Shaqiri delivered one of the goals of the season and Romelu Lukaku continued his remarkable scoring record at Goodison Park but ultimately a controversial penalty in injury time was the deciding factor as Stoke finally triumphed in a seven-goal epic.

Stoke 2 Sheffield Wednesday 0: Stoke eased into the Capital One Cup semi-finals last night as goals from Ibrahim Afellay and substitute Phil Bardsley secured a comfortable 2-0 home win over Sheffield Wednesday.

There was more goalkeeping worry for Martin O’Neill after Newcastle manager Steve McClaren confirmed Rob Elliot suffered a recurrence of a thigh injury.

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.

Sitting in the autumnal sunshine at the Arsenal on Saturday, soaking up some rays, while watching a supremely dominant display against Stoke, with the Gunners spraying the ball around in such a pleasing-on-the-eye fashion, it’s hard to imagine a more pleasurable way of passing a Saturday afternoon.

Stoke 0 West Brom 1

Norwich City 1 Stoke City 1: Stoke manager Mark Hughes revealed goalkeeper Jack Butland defied a broken finger to produce his man-of-the-match display at Carrow Road.

Tottenham 2  Stoke 2          

Stoke City are confident Shay Given has plenty left to offer at Premier League level after the veteran Ireland keeper secured a two-year deal at the club yesterday.

AC Milan are hoping to acquire Chelsea pair Fernando Torres and Marco van Ginkel before the end of the summer transfer window.

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Eden Hazard was named only among the substitutes as Chelsea sought a victory over Norwich to return to the top of the Premier League and condemn their visitors to an almost certain relegation.

Chelsea’s supposed weakened team to face Liverpool at Anfield showed seven changes from the midweek goalless draw at Atletico Madrid, but still included the experience of Frank Lampard, Ashley Cole and Branislav Ivanovic.

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Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho believes when the two parties have an issue, they should work to resolve it between themselves.

Ramires is available following his European suspension as Chelsea bid to end a four-match winless run in Saturday’s west London derby with Fulham.

Chelsea 1 Basle 1

Ramires is suspended when Chelsea take on Basle in their Champions League Group E opener tomorrow night.

Juan Mata and Demba Ba start for Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea in tonight’s Premier League clash with Aston Villa.

Defenders David Luiz and Tomas Kalas are Chelsea’s only absentees for their Premier League clash with Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea 2 Hull City 0

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Jose Mourinho has a number of selection issues to ponder as he prepares for his Barclays Premier League return at home to Hull on Sunday.

Rangers defender Fernando Ricksen has rejected the offer of an extended contract at Ibrox, his agent Henk van Ginkel confirmed today.

FORMER Manchester United defender Jaap Stam will join AC Milan from Lazio in June, according to the player’s agent.

Former Manchester United defender Jaap Stam will join AC Milan from Lazio in June, according to the player’s agent.