Stoke City 2-1 Man Utd Highlights
Charlie Adam’s double strike gave Stoke their first league win over Manchester United since 1984 and lifted the Potters out of the relegation zone.
United started with Juan Mata, Robin van Persie and Wayne Rooney for the first time but fell behind when Adam’s free-kick flew in off Michael Carrick.
Van Persie levelled with a neat finish just after half-time.
But Adam immediately restored Stoke’s lead in spectacular style with a fierce 25-yard strike into the top corner.
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Venue: Britannia Stadium
Date: Saturday, 1 February, 2014
Head-to-head
Manchester United are unbeaten in their last dozen league games against Stoke, winning all but one of those matches.
The Potters’ last league win against the Red Devils was 2-1 at home on Boxing Day 1984.
Stoke beat United 2-1 in a League Cup tie on 22 September 1993, but United won the second leg at Old Trafford 2-0 to progress 3-2 on aggregate.
1-0 Adam 38’| Mobile users click here
1-1 Van Persie 47’| Mobile users click here
2-1 Adam 52’| Mobile users click here
Stoke City
Stoke have lost five of their last six league games.
The Potters conceded only three goals in their opening seven home league games this term, but have conceded nine times in their last four matches at the Britannia Stadium.
Their last home game was the 5-3 defeat to Liverpool on 12 January. It was the first time Stoke have conceded five goals at home in the top flight since March 1982, when they lost 5-1 to Liverpool.
Manchester United
Robin van Persie has scored five times in his last six league appearances. The Red Devils are unbeaten in the 28 Premier League matches in which he has scored for them, winning 23 of those games.
Since August 2011, only David Silva (29) has more assists in the Premier League than Juan Mata (28).
