Own-goal blunder by Jack Butland costs Stoke victory at Leicester

This was a fair result but a deeply frustrating one for Stoke, who glimpsed a precious three points before an uncharacteristic late blunder by Jack Butland, who diverted a cross by Marc Albrighton into his own goal. Until then, thanks to a beautiful goal by Xherdan Shaqiri, Stoke had been on course for a win that would have taken them out of the bottom three.

Butland partly redeemed himself by going on to make saves that ensured Paul Lambert’s side at least got away with a point but Stoke’s predicament is such that mistakes seem to carry more weight.

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