Lewis Baker scored a brace to help Stoke City produce one of the comfortable football results of the weekend in the Championship. Baker opened the scoring in the 25th minute before Ben Wilmot doubled their advantage on the stroke of half-time. He then sealed the three points when he scored his second in the 64th minute.
Managers Reaction
Hull’s Shota Arveladze: “I did not expect this today. We did not have a game on Saturday, which should give us more energy, but the game went a different way. We need to play our own game and not wait for something to happen and then react, or if the opposition doesn’t do well, then we react. If we observe the first 15 minutes or half an hour it could be too late. It (goals conceded) is a lot. I don’t want to have an excuse. Whatever happens, we have to go into the next game and do a lot better than we have in the last three.”
Stoke’s Alex Neil: “What I wanted for the players tonight was to play with a bit of belief and determination and I thought we got all of that. I thought we scored some good goals at good times and thought we were hard to break down. I thought we looked a real threat going forward every time we broke so really pleased to score three goals, great to get a clean sheet, and certainly a great win on the road. With Lewis, he’s got quality, he’s got goals from the middle of the park, he’s got legs, can pass the ball – we just need to make sure with him and everybody else that there’s a level of consistency. I’m more pleased for the players because when you have given them new messages.”
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