Super Eagles midfielder, Oghenekaro Etebo picked up his first red card of his Stoke City career as the Potters defeated Derby 2-1 in a game that ended very ugly.
Derby’s Bradley Johnson did his best Luis Suarez impression by sinking his teeth into the shirt of Stoke City’s Joe Allen on a hostile night at the Bet365 Stadium.

Stoke manager Gary Rowett, who managed Johnson at Derby last season, tried to play down the incident down but replays looked damning and The FA could act if they think Allen was bitten on the shoulder.

Bad feeling was in the air from the opening whistle. Rowett walked out on Derby to join Stoke six months ago and the travelling fans didn’t let him forget it, waving inflatable snakes and chanting abuse at him all evening.
The players were revved up and the eventual card count of fives yellows and a red was lenient.

But nine minutes later they lost Peter Etebo when he went studs-up on Richard Keogh and caught him on the shin.
‘I’m told he went over the top of the ball so it was a red card,’ said Lampard.
Derby defender Curtis Davies was stretchered off with an Achilles but the visitors still made the extra man count after 50 minutes by equalising with a free-kick from Liverpool loanee Harry Wilson.
Gary Rowett praised his side for their heroic performance that earned an important 2-1 win against @dcfcofficial.
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Stoke looked vulnerable having drawn their previous three games but rallied well to score the winner after 64 minutes when Clucas crossed for Tom Ince from 12 yards.
England goalkeeper Jack Butland secured the win with good saves from Jack Marriott and Tom Lawrence.

‘It took a lot of discipline and great determination to win with 10 men,’ said Rowett. ‘That was the biggest performance of our season. We didn’t crumble. I’m taking one of those snakes home with me!’
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