Stoke put a horrendous result and sub standard Cup game behind them as they bounced back in spectacular fashion to take a point from the Man Utd express who had previously crushed all before them.

Selling Tuncay was one of the most controversial moves of Tony Pulis’ Stoke career - in a side crying out for a bit of flair and creativity, there was a lot of supporter unrest following the mercurial Turk’s sale. Even now, Tunny’s name is often brought up as we struggle to replace him and the spark he brought to the side.

The script seem to have been written weeks ago, I have been banging on about the same issues and concerns but have been shouted down by various people as moaning when we were on an almost record breaking ubeaten run. A lot of those issues came to a head on Sunday as we we were utterly woeful and bereft of any clue on how to get back into a game that was effectively lost after ten minutes.

If you had offered me a point at kick off, especially seeing the Stoke line up, I’d have bitten your hand off. That doesn’t always help though when you are so close to a famous victory over one of the best sides in Europe only for Dynamo Kiev to equalise in additional time.

It was a backs to the wall effort from the Potters as they survived a second half onslaught from a frustrated Liverpool side in a performance that typified the team's unity, teamwork, organisation and discipline.

What a week it has been, in between an amazing European victory and the close of the transfer window we have seen an airmile tastic group draw, a win over West Brom (standard), a deadline day haul of over £20m worth of talent and a nasty bout of food poisoning for yours truly.