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Sickness bug strikes Stoke

Friday, November 28 2014 by SNTV
  • Intro:

    Manager Mark Hughes says Stoke City were "at the mercy of" a sickness bug ahead of Saturday's Premier League match at out-of-form Liverpool.

    Script:

    SOUNDBITE (English) Mark Hughes, Stoke City manager: (On sickness bug).

    "We're obviously trying to keep the impact of it to a minimum if we can, but we're at the mercy of it really. We're hoping nobody else will go down with it but 24 hours time, who knows? We might have a similar situation with different people - we don't know. But we're hopeful that we've done enough.
    "No, we're looking forward to it. I think if you look at our form away from home it's arguably better than our home form. We've played really well on our travels, and the big teams are always a test but... but we're playing well. As I said, last week (a 2-1 home defeat by Burnley) we didn't play poorly. We made mistakes, which can happen, but I don't think we played poorly. So confidence-wise we're in decent shape.
    "I think maybe the focus that seems to be on them at the moment maybe that's something that they need to deal with, and if we can add to that then we will try and do that. But they're an outstanding team with great, great players, so it's a tough test for us. But we've proved this year that we can go anywhere and get positive results, so that's our intention."

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