Stoke 1-1 Manchester 部隊d: Ryan Shawcross starts 2015 with a bang before Radamel Falcao 廃虚s New Year party at Britannia

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The first game of 2015 and Louis 先頭 Gaal will hope there aren’t too many more like it over the course of the next 12 months. If the Dutchman didn’t fully 高く評価する／（相場などが）上がる what to 推定する／予想する from a trip to a blustery Britannia Stadium, he does now.

Manchester 部隊d （機の）カム through a gruelling 早期に New Year’s Day 実験（する） in which they were 砲撃するd, buffeted, at times 包囲するd and yet 最終的に still unbeaten in 10 games stretching 支援する to the start of November.

Former Old Trafford favourite 示す Hughes has done a 罰金 職業 polishing up the Potters since he took over here, but some of the old hallmarks still remain and Stoke relished making life as uncomfortable as possible for 部隊d in the 風の強い 条件s.?

Peter Crouch (second from left) 長，率いるs the ball and it 落ちるs to an unmarked Ryan Shawcross (left) who helps it on its way to the goal

Shawcross 反応するd first as the ball fell kindly to him and he put it beyond David de Gea in the Manchester 部隊d goal

Shawcross gave Stoke the lead in the second minute against Manchester 部隊d at the Britannia on New Year's Day

Shawcross celebrates while Michael Carrick (left) and Co look gutted after 許すing the Stoke defender to be unmarked and 得点する／非難する／２０?

Manchester 部隊d's defence were poor as Stoke took the lead after two minutes and could have beaten the 訪問者s in the second half

Radamel Falcao runs in to 会合，会う the corner and sweep the ball into the 支援する of the 逮捕する to make it 1-1 at the Britannia on Thursday

Falcao equalises to make it 1-1 in the 首相 League match before half time at a 風の強い Britannia on New Year's Day

Falcao celebrates 得点する／非難する／２０ing for Manchester 部隊d after Stoke took an 早期に lead against the Old Trafford club

Manchester 部隊d team-mates Juan Mata, Wayne Rooney and Falcao celebrate making it 1-1 against Stoke in the 首相 League match

Louis 先頭 Gaal looks on during the match as his Manchester 部隊d 味方する were held to a 1-1 draw against Stoke

MATCH FACTS, STATS, TABLES AND RATINGS BY JOE BERNSTEIN

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Stoke City (4-2-3-1):?Begovic 6, Cameron 5.5, Shawcross 7, Muniesa 6, Pieters 6, Nzonzi 6, Whelan 6.5, Arnautovic 7 (Assaidi 81), Walters 6, Diouf 6.5, Crouch 8

Subs not used:?Bardsley, Huth, Wilson, Adam, Butland, Shenton?

Goal: Shawcross (2)

経営者／支配人: 示す Hughes 7

Manchester 部隊d (3-4-1-2):?De Gea 6, Jones 6, Smalling 6.5, Evans 5, Carrick 7, Young 6 (Rafael 75), Rooney 6.5, Mata 5.5, Shaw 7.5 (Januzaj 64 5.5), Falcao 6.5 (Herrera, 64 5.5), 先頭 Persie 5.5

Subs not used: Wilson, Lindegaard, Fletcher, Blackett?

Goal: Falcao (26)

経営者／支配人: Louis 先頭 Gaal 6.5

審判（をする）: Michael Oliver 6.5

出席: 27,203

Man of the match: Peter Crouch.

Ratings by JOE BERNSTEIN at the Britannia Stadium?

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This was how Shawcross gave Stoke their second-minute lead... click here to find more heat 地図／計画するs, 統計（学） and goals!

In the absence of 重要な playmaker Bojan Krkic, Marko Arnautovic’s 始める，決める-pieces were a constant menace, Peter Crouch a constant 脅し.

This was ‘old school’ Stoke によれば Crouch who 始める，決める up a goal for Ryan Shawcross inside two minutes, 攻撃する，衝突する the 地位，任命する and had strong （人命などを）奪う，主張するs for a 刑罰，罰則 turned 負かす／撃墜する when Chris Smalling 明確に 扱うd his header in the second half.

Radamel Falcao equalised for 部隊d who should have been 感謝する to get out of the Potteries with a point.

にもかかわらず admitting that Stoke were the better team, however, 先頭 Gaal was left 失望させるd with a third draw away from home over Christmas.

‘I’m not 利益／興味d in a period of unbeaten, because I’m in a 過程,’ said the 部隊d 経営者／支配人. ‘We have to 勝利，勝つ away games and we didn’t do that.’

先頭 Gaal had complained about the 需要・要求するs of the festive fixture 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） in England, and his mood was not helped by the sight of Ashley Young limping out of his fourth game in 13 days with a pulled hamstring.?

Shawcross blows a kiss after giving Stoke the lead against Louis 先頭 Gaal's Manchester 部隊d at the Britannia Stadium

Stoke went ahead in the second minute of the 首相 League match against Manchester 部隊d in the first game on New Year's Day

Stoke's Mame Diouf (left) could have 二塁打d Stoke's lead when he dispossessed Jonny Evans (権利) to have a 発射 on goal inside the box

Diouf was 失望させるd after he could and should have 二塁打d Stoke's lead before Manchester 部隊d equalised in the 26th minute

Young is 推定する／予想するd to be out for up to a month while 部隊d’s other first-choice wing-支援する, Antonio Valencia, did not even make the trip on Thursday because of a thigh 緊張する.

先頭 Gaal was even いっそう少なく happy with the way his team fell behind to a 始める，決める-piece behind inside two minutes.?

Arnautovic 解雇する／砲火／射撃d over a corner from the 権利, Crouch rose above a static Luke Shaw to 長，率いる goalwards and Shawcross was 完全に unmarked to turn and hook the ball home.

‘We’ve had two 会合s about that,’ said 先頭 Gaal. ‘We know that Crouch is doing that and they were 全く 解放する／自由な without any 対抗者 in the neighbourhood so that was very bad.’

If there was one なぐさみ for 部隊d, this was the 肉親，親類d of game they would have lost last season. In fact they did, a 2-1 敗北・負かす by Hughes’s 味方する in February still their only loss in 14 首相 League 遭遇（する）s with Stoke.

They lost Phil Jones and Jonny Evans to 傷害s before half-time that day, and both players had a bumpy ride と一緒に Chris Smalling in the first half here.?Stoke used the 勝利，勝つd to hang up long balls and asked Mame Biram Diouf and Crouch to chase 負かす／撃墜する 部隊d’s 支援する-three.

Evans, in particular, almost paid for the price for 許すing Arnautovic’s punt to bounce several times に向かって his own 刑罰，罰則 box in the 19th minute, 招待するing Diouf to muscle him off the ball and go through on goal.

It was an excellent chance for the former 部隊d striker to 二塁打 Stoke’s lead but he curled a 発射 井戸／弁護士席 wide of David de Gea’s goal.?

Falcao gets の中で the melee of players and sweeps the ball into the 支援する of the 逮捕する to make it 1-1 against Stoke

Manchester 部隊d celebrate as the ball makes its way past Stoke goalkeeper Asmir Begovic to 始める，決める the game at 1-1

Falcao runs away in 祝賀 after equalising for Manchester 部隊d against Stoke on New Year's Day at the Britannia

De Gea celebrates after Manchester 部隊d （機の）カム from behind to make it 1-1 at an 極端に 風の強い Britannia Stadium

‘He made a bit of a mess of it and I was thankful for that,’ 認める a relieved Evans. ‘The ball kept 持つ／拘留するing up in the 勝利，勝つd and you had to break your stride いつかs to let it 減少（する）. I said to Mame Diouf, “Is it like this every week?” and he said it is.’

部隊d were level seven minutes later and it infuriated Hughes that his old club 得点する／非難する／２０d from a corner of their own.

Wayne Rooney swung over a cross from the left, Michael Carrick managed to flick the ball on and Falcao was lurking on the 辛勝する／優位 of the six-yard box to guide it past Asmir Begovic.

It was the Colombian’s third goal in 12 games for 部隊d and, surprisingly, Carrick’s first 首相 League 補助装置 since ボクシング Day 2012.

先頭 Gaal sent on Adnan Januzaj and Ander Herrera for Falcao and Shaw, but that was the precursor to a period o f ferocious Stoke precious that should have brought a 勝利者.

After Jones was 軍隊d to 長，率いる 辛うじて wide of his own goal, the resulting corner from Arnautovic 選ぶd out Crouch who 長，率いるd goalwards.

The ball 明確に 攻撃する，衝突する Smalling’s outstretched left arm from some distance but 審判（をする） Michael Oliver waved away Stoke’s furious （人命などを）奪う，主張するs for a 刑罰，罰則.?

Stoke goalkeeper Begovic catches the ball but appears to 解除する his foot high 故意に as the approaching コマドリ 先頭 Persie の近くにs him 負かす／撃墜する

先頭 Persie and Begovic 交流 words after the striker felt the goalkeeper 故意に left a high foot on him

先頭 Persie embraces Begovic to let the goalkeeper know what he thinks (left) before Shawcross 介入するs (権利) during the match?

Moments later, Crouch （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Smalling to Arnautovic’s freekick and flicked a header に向かって the 支援する 地位，任命する with De Gea beaten.

Agonisingly, it （機の）カム 支援する off the 地位，任命する and Diouf’s follow-up 成果／努力 went over the 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業.

‘I think Stoke were closer to the victory with the ball on the 地位，任命する, and the first chance from Diouf was also not a little chance,’ 譲歩するd 先頭 Gaal. ‘So they had two major chances and we didn’t create so much in spite of the time and space.

‘But it’s more difficult because we are not so tall. (Steven) Nzonzi is taller and Crouch is taller, so it’s not so 平易な. The 対抗者 is always taller than us.’

So can we 推定する／予想する 部隊d to 調印する some taller players in the 移転 window?

‘No,’ he replied. ‘We want to play another 肉親，親類d of football to Stoke City.’?

Ashley Young is helped off in the second after as he is 代用品，人d after appearing to 負傷させる his hamstring at the Britannia

Chris Smalling's handball went unpunished by 審判（をする） Michael Oliver during the 首相 League match on New Year's Day

Stoke 控訴，上告 to 審判（をする） Olivier for a 刑罰，罰則 after the handball by Smalling at the Britannia on New Year's Day

Stoke 経営者／支配人 示す Hughes applauds the fans at the Britannia as his 味方する 直面するd Manchester 部隊d in the 早期に New Year's Day kick-off