There's two changes to the City side from last weekend's FA Cup clash with Leicester; Walters returns for the ineligible Assaidi and Crouch comes in for Jones
Stoke's players just leaving the dressing room and waiting in the tunnel to come out. Liverpool then join them, and Steven Gerrard shakes hands with Jack Butland
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Adam gets the ball, runs at the backtracking defence before firing home in off the post from 25 yards out!
Ohhh and what a goal - Charlie Adam!! Surely it's all over now
Butland struggling a little after that initial challenge, and Daniel Bachmann is out warming up just in case. We can't have three keepers out can we?!
Schlupp then fires just over the crossbar as Stoke fail to clear
In the ball comes, Butland gets a fist to it despite being marked
King fouled at the other end by Cameron, a dangerous free kick situation here for the Foxes
ohh almost another goal for Jones there as Adam drops off and finds room to cross into the box. He loses his man well, heads it back across goal but Schmeichel knocks it onto the post, before gathering
Vardy fouls Adam on the touchline. Pieters is fuming with him. Probert comes over and has a word with him, but shows no card
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Adam crosses but Jones is being held by Miquel and cannot get there. Nothing given by the referee
Pieters then gets forward at the other end and his cross into the box is again turned behind by De Laet
Vardy then shoots from miles out but it's a poor effort and proves no trouble for Butland
An early corner to defend as Leicester come out of the blocks quickly. Thankfully Cameron heads it clear
Come on Stoke, let's get another
The teams are back out onto the pitch now. No changes at the break. Jones and Whelan will get the second half underway here