We should have won it given how close we came on numerous occasions, but I guess in a similar way Stoke will say defensively they were superb and it's hard to argue with that.
What was telling was after Mirallas hit the woodwork twice, when Stoke went ahead you'd be suspicious of our players thinking "well, just not our day", but we dug in and basically battered them for the last 20 minutes, the odd counter attack aside.
Yeah, at least a couple of blocks were goal-saving ones from within the 6 yard box. As I say, some very impressive defending.
On another note, Lukaku was again awful. He can be so lazy when he's laying it off to someone, and indeed one such lazy pass directly led to their goal. I also fear Pienaar's time is coming to an end, lost the ball on countless occasions. Just not the same player he was a couple of years ago. Mirallas is also very frustrating, he has all the tools to be class IMO but often makes the wrong decision - e.g. when he's behind the full back, tamely crossing it 'somewhere in the area' won't cut it. Need to be sharper.