Sunday, August 9 – 2015
Match: Premier League, at Britannia Stadium, kick-off: 16:00.
Stoke City – Liverpool 0-1 (0-0).
Attendance: 27,654.
Referee: Mr. Anthony Taylor; assistant referees: Messrs. Gary Beswick and Darren Cann; Fourth Official: Mr. Jonathan Moss.
Stoke City: Jack Butland, Glen Johnson, Geoff Cameron, Marc Muniesa, Erik Pieters, Glenn Whelan (C), Charlie Adam, Jonathan Walters, Marco van Ginkel, Ibrahim Afellay, Mame Diouf.
Substitutions: Philipp Wollscheid for Pieters at half time; Steve Sidwell for Adam after 78 min.; Peter Odemwingie for Afellay after 78 min.
Subs not used: Shay Given, Stephen Ireland, Joselu, Peter Crouch.
Liverpool: Simon Mignolet, Nathaniel Clyne, Martin Skrtel, Dejan Lovren, Joe Gomez, Jordan Henderson (C), James Milner, Jordan Ibe, Philipe Coutinho, Adam Lallana, Christian Benteke.
Substitutions: Emre Can for Lallana after 62 min.; Roberto Firmino for Obe after 78 min.
Subs not used: Adam Bogdan, Kolo Toure, Alberto Moreno, Divock Origi, Danny Ings.
Bookings: Afellay (Stoke, 4 min.), Skrtel (Liverpool, 28 min.), Milner (Liverpool, 40 min.), Lovren (Liverpool, 51 min.), Gomez (Liverpool, 64 min.), Adam (Stoke, 73 min.).
The goal: 0-1 Coutinho (86 min.).
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