Hello and welcome to LIVE coverage of Manchester City’s clash with Stoke City in the Premier League.

Well, it was a poor spectacle for the most part, but it certainly picked up after the Stoke goal and City were forced to throw everything they had in an effort to chase the points. Stoke certainly deserved the win with a well-taken goal and some impressively stout defending. Thanks for your company this afternoon.

Full-time! And the cheers from the Stoke fans are resounding.

Demichelis and Navas get in each other's way and that'll be City's last chance.

City are still pushing for that equaliser.

City fans are streaming to the exit now, as Stoke get a corner and proceed to not put it into the box.

Good ball from Fernandinho and that loops all the way through and over Dzeko's head.

Four added minutes, and that's met with boos all round.

Manuel Pellegrini looks proper fed up on the touchline.

Toure thinks he's got a penalty as Pieters swings a leg at the ball and catches the man as well. No.

Stoke are making every effort to slow this down wherever possible.

Peter Crouch stumbles through the City defence but fails to take the ball with him.

Stoke are in no rush now. Very slow to get the ball for their own free kick.

Muniesa replaces Moses, who's currently on the ground having hurt himself in his defensive efforts.

And every time Stoke clear, because they're defending in such numbers, the ball is pinging right back.

City are taking these repeated corners quickly and maintaining the pressure.

Toure's shot is goalbound - but deflects off Wilson and out for another corner!