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Wednesday, December 03, 2008, 09:00
STOKE CITY 0
DERBY COUNTY 1 (Ellington 90 pen)
GOAL ATTEMPTS
Stoke: 16 (3 on target)
Derby: 11 (3 on target)
THE REFEREE
Rob Styles (Hants) 5
THE CROWD
Attendance: 22,034
CARD WATCH
YELLOW – Stoke: none. Derby: Addison (foul play, 55). RED – None.
MATCH RATING
Entertainment: 7
PLAYER RATINGS
SIMONSEN: Pretty safe handling and good positioning when required throughout, but sadly no heroics to save his team at the death 7
GRIFFIN: Kept a reasonable check on Commons down the Stoke right and your heart went out to him on the penalty hand ball 6
HIGGINBOTHAM: Seemingly under orders to knock everything early and long, while defensively he suffered few flutters 6
CORT: Featured prominently in the air in both boxes and handled himself pretty tidily in most situations 7
SONKO: Eased his way into a rare appearance to provide a largely solid and reassuring bulwark at the back 7
DELAP: More dangerous with his crossing than his throws during another typically earnest offering highlighted by one delightful bemusing of Commons with a tip and run 6
OLOFINJANA: Caught the eye on one memorable occasion when a potentially goal-bound shot was deflected over in the first half of his return 6
WHELAN: Decent delivery from set pieces, predictably tidy passing and one delightful free-kick demanding an excellent save 7
CRESSWELL: Disallowed goal in the first period and header well saved in the second on a night when his usual industry might have been rewarded with at least one goal 7
SIDIBE: Some useful work outside the area, but not quite his night when a couple of chances presented themselves 6
FULLER: Excellent working of defenders outside the area, but curiously off beam when it came to applying the killer touch to many opportunities 7
SUBSTITUTES
PUGH (for Olofinjana, 81): Little chance to truly impose himself in the last 10 minutes. Like the rest of us, he was probably waiting for extra-time 6
Not used: 29 Sorensen, 15 Pericard, 19 Am Faye, 21 Davies, 25 Ab Faye, 31 Dickinson.
DERBY COUNTY: 1 Carroll, 2 Connelly, 5 Stewart, 32 Powell, 35 Tomkins, 4 Green, 6 Kazmierczak, 24 Addison, 7 Commons, 9 Ellington, 11 Hulse. Substitutes: 10 Villa (for Hulse, 86), 23 Teale (for Green, 90). Not used: 13 Bywater, 16 Sterjovski, 19 Nyatanga, 26 Zadkovich, 30 Camara.
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