Toon Happy To Scrape A Point!

Last updated : 13 April 2009 By Footy Mad - Editor
Alan Shearer: "What you have to do is stay calm and focused, and when the chance comes, you will get the opportunity to get a result.

"I thought this performance warranted at least a point, and on another day we might have got something different.

"I suppose we have to be happy with a point, and it could be a very valuable one.

"It would have been very disappointing if we had come away from this game with nothing, but we've given ourselves a chance again."

Pulis: "We're desperately disappointed we never scored another goal because if we had we would have gone on and won the game comfortably.

"Don't anybody kid themselves - I thought we were the better team over the 90 minutes."

STOKE CITY: Sorensen, Wilkinson (Kelly 90), Shawcross, Abdoulaye Faye, Higginbotham, Lawrence, Delap, Whelan, Etherington (Pugh 80), Fuller, Beattie (Cresswell 73).
Subs Not Used: Simonsen, Olofinjana, Tonge, Sonko.

NEWCASTLE UNITED: Harper, Edgar, Bassong, Beye, Ryan Taylor, Guthrie (Gutierrez 63), Nolan, Butt, Duff, Owen, Ameobi (Carroll 70).
Subs Not Used: Krul, Coloccini, Smith, Geremi, Ranger.