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Stoke City head coach Narcis Pelach told BBC Radio Stoke:
“It’s a penalty for us, a red card, and then probably we win the game, so I’m disappointed.
“It would have been a great week with three wins, but we have to take the point, it is what it is, and don’t get frustrated.
“They (the officials) got it wrong. It’s clear, everyone has seen it. The job of the
Replays of the incident also showed Silva backing in and nudging his Portugal international team-mate Sa as the corner came in.
The goal was initially ruled out for offside, but a player cannot be offside from a corner.
By the time Stones connected with the ball, Silva had moved away from Sa and deemed not to be impacting the keeper’s vision or ability to get to the ball.
It could,
Rodri had big boots to fill when he joined Manchester City with Fernandinho considered by some the best defensive midfielder to ever play in the Premier League.
However, Rodri has made the position his own and now has to be ranked along with the greats like Roy Keane, Patrick Vieira and Claude Makelele, but with more passing in the opposition half and less tackling and more Champions League final winning
Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner says their fine form at the end of last season meant “expectations were wrong” going into this campaign.
Palace won six of their last seven games of 2023-24, scoring 21 goals in that run. They ended up on 49 points, their best 38-game Premier League season.
But their only two wins this season have come in the Carabao Cup – against Championship sides Norwich and
Sunderland did not have any of their four deadline-day signings in the matchday squad, but Pompey included Ibane Bowat, Mark O’Mahony and Freddie Potts on the bench, the trio having been brought in by boss John Mousinho in the last week.
There was little of note at either end in the first half hour, though Pompey’s Connor Ogilvia saw a header saved from Matt Ritchie’s cross and Patrick Roberts fired
Despite opening with two wins under Parker, there has been a lot of transfer activity at Turf Moor in the last few days with Sander Berge, Anass Zaroury and Johann Berg Gudmundsson all departing.
Republic of Ireland defender Dara O’Shea could be next out of the door as he was left out of the squad, despite Parker having to fill the substitutes bench with two goalkeepers and three youngsters yet
Preston manager Ryan Lowe:
“(The mistake) sucks the life out of you, the players, the staff. But there’s no blame culture on Freddie. He’s been fantastic for us.
“He’s pushed himself to get back for this game after a slight niggle. When keepers make mistakes you get punished like that.
“We’ve lost to an ex-Premier League team that’s come down. Did we give them a run for their money? Yes