PEAK MOMENT Toure really launched a new Man City era in 2011 by scoring the winner in the FA Cup semifinal against lordly neighbors United and then thrashing the goal in
the final against Stoke that earned City a first major trophy for 35 years.
The pair enjoyed great success together at City between 2009 - 2013 as the FA Cup and a League title were both delivered during that spell, with Toure scoring the winner in the 2011
final against Stoke City to clinch the club's first major piece of silverware in 35 years.
Not exact matches
Then they have the league cup game
against Hull City on the Tuesday after and Hull could do us a huge favour by taking that to extra time as it has to be decided on the night.They then have to get ready for the always tiring trip to
Stoke and the TV folk have done us a favour here by giving their weary legs an early Saturday start before their
final UCL game the next Tuesday.
We beat Swansea in their home 3:0 this season, a team we couldn't over in 3 consecutive meetings.We've beaten the 2 Manchester clubs & Chelsea in 2015 and I see us doing same
against Stoke in Britannia.My
final prediction is 1 - 3 in our favour.COYG!
Then... No rest with a quarter -
final against Hull who will go at them hard and the always tough trip to
Stoke with only three days rest again.
Burnley drew their
final home game of the season
against Stoke City, perhaps summing up their campaign with lots of hard graft but little cutting edge.
Coincidentally, Wimmer's
final ever Spurs appearance came
against Stoke back in February when the Potters were thrashed 4 - 0 at White Hart Lane.
It might seem a little unfair on our replacement keeper David Ospina, as the Colombian international has not conceded a single goal in those games
against Hull City and
Stoke City and has only just been given his own chance after recovering from the injury he brought with him to Arsenal from the World Cup
finals, but it sounds like Arsene Wenger is really trying to build a strong competitive spirit between his two main shot stoppers.
City currently occupy the fourth and
final Champions League spot, and with third - place Arsenal winning
against Everton on Saturday to move four points clear of Manuel Pellegrini's side, it is increasingly looking like a plethora of sides — including City, United, West Ham and
Stoke City — are all battling for one UCL qualifying spot.
Consequently, Liverpool's passing accuracy
against Stoke was 84 % overall (6 % less than
against Norwich) and 76 % in the
final third (7 % less).
Mark Hughes met with the press ahead of
Stoke's
final home game of the season
against Arsenal on Saturday.
For the second year, he was central to the U18s» journey to the FA Youth Cup
final and produced several stellar showings, scoring in the 4 - 0 win over Reading and the 6 - 0 semi-
final victory
against Stoke.
Goals from George Green and Ntumba Massanka ensured we would be in the
final where we will again be away,
against Stoke City.
Key game: If it goes down to the wire for Palace, the
final two games are
against Stoke and West Brom, so they could be make - or - break.
Key game: Home games
against Southampton,
Stoke and Everton, on the
final day, will decide West Ham's fate.
Stoke shipped four goals in each game and only managed to score once as they ended the season with a whimper, despite a
final day victory
against West Ham to consolidate a top half finish.
The lad's definitely took this on board when we went up
against Stoke City in the Capital One Cup Semi
Final game.
Since Hodgson's appointment Palace have also earned a draw with West Ham and a victory over
Stoke in the
final minutes, while they were only denied a win
against Bournemouth when Christian Benteke missed a late penalty.
Stoke will be celebrating their
final game at home this season so don't expect them to roll over and accept a mid-table finish — especially when faced
against Arsenal.
The young defender helped Everton reach this weekend's Barclays Asia Trophy
final after playing in Thursday's penalty shoot - out win
against Stoke and he expressed his contentment at the club following the game.
A win
against United, followed up by a win on Sunday
against Stoke will get Saints to 51 points and most possibly eighth position, which to be fair to Puel is not terribly bad for a team that has its stars regularly plucked out by bigger teams in the league and that reached the
final of the League Cup earlier in the season.
Stoke could arrive playing like Barcelona like some teams can appear to play like
against United like it is their cup
final or something.
Daniel Sturridge has been ruled out of Liverpool's League Cup semi
final tie
against Stoke City tomorrow night.
But, last season we entered the Central League Cup, playing
against Middlesbrough and winning the held over
final last week
against Stoke.
But a trip to West Brom next week and a home game
against Stoke on the
final day of the season offer chances to get closer to the magical 40 - point mark.
Carvalhal said he hopes to have Sanches back for the
final games
against Southampton and
Stoke City but that he is not optimistic.
In Mourinho's most recent press conference, ahead of United's Monday night game
against Stoke, the manager had the
final word on the fall out.