West Brom stun Stoke late on

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Salomon Rondon’s stoppage-time equaliser secured West Brom a 1-1 draw at Stoke to leave Mark Hughes’ side winless in the Premier League.

Joe Allen had looked to have won it for the Potters when he bundled the ball home via a deflection off Claudio Yacob but Stoke’s weakness from set-pieces cost them.

Rondon’s header from Darren Fletcher’s left-wing corner was too hot for Lee Grant to handle and earned the Baggies a scarcely-deserved point on the occasion of Tony Pulis’ 1000th game as a manager.

It will be a bitter blow for Pulis’ former club but the point does at least lift them off the bottom of the Premier League table following Sunderland’s collapse at home to Crystal Palace.

Stoke had been the better side for much of the game with Allen busy in midfield and Xherdan Shaqiri looking particularly bright on his first Premier League appearance since the opening weekend.

The home side certainly had the better openings of an otherwise evenly-balanced first half in which both teams competed well without really exhibiting much in the way of quality.

Erik Pieters wanted a penalty for a perceived foul in the box by Matt Phillips after Marko Arnautovic had slipped him …

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