STOKE CITY 1

(Etherington pen 64)

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 2

(Gudjohnsen 46, Kranjcar 77)

GOAL ATTEMPTS

Stoke 9 (5 on target)

Tottenham 14 (8 on target).

THE REFEREE

Mike Dean, pictured (Wirral) 4

CARD WATCH

YELLOW – Stoke: Fuller (foul, 19), Whitehead (foul, 32); Tottenham: Assou-Ekotto (foul, 63), Corluka (foul, 87). RED – Stoke: Whitehead (second bookable offence, 49); Tottenham: None.

THE CROWD

Attendance 27,575

MATCH RATING

Entertainment 7

SORENSEN: No realistic chance with either goal and pretty solid in other aspects of his game 7

HUTH: Bit of a ding-dong early on with Gareth Bale, but backed off to keep his head and avoid the trigger-happy referee 7

COLLINS: Sensible distribution for the most part, always looking for the overlap and stood his ground defensively inside own third 7

AB FAYE: Out-muscled for first Spurs goal, but otherwise ship-shape and powerful presence when the heat was on 7

HIGGINBOTHAM: Rarely found wanting under pressure at the back and popped up a few times to threaten at other end 7

DELAP: Usual dependability and versatility, soldiering on manfully in loose exchanges 7

WHELAN: Always chipping away with passes and never shirking the rougher stuff 7

WHITEHEAD: Challenges were snapping in, true, but no reason to end his contribution quite so early 6

ETHERINGTON: Difficult afternoon on the offensive, but never took foot off the gas and scored coolly-taken penalty 7

KITSON, pictured below: Outstanding performance in the context of his troubled Stoke career and fully deserved man-of-the-match champagne 8

FULLER: Poor booking and a poor miss, but otherwise can feel satisfied with some sterling work in attack 7

SUBSTITUTES

SIDIBE (Kitson, 84): Slipped at the crucial moment when a late equaliser beckoned 6

TUNCAY (Whelan, 84): Ran his heart out at the end, but to no avail 6

Not used: Begovic, Lawrence, Pugh, Wilkinson, Moult.

TOTTENHAM: Gomes, Corluka, Assou-Ekotto, Dawson, Bassong, Kranjcar (Livermore, 90), Kaboul, Modric, Bale, Pavlyuchenko (Gudjohnsen, 36), Crouch. Subs not used: Alnwick, Palacios, Dervite, Parrett, Townsend.