Stoke battled back from twice falling behind to record a 3-2 win over Sunderland at the Britannia Stadium courtesy of two goals in the last seven minutes. Stoke have now won their last four homes games against Sunderland by a one goal margin although for a large part of this game the Potters were trailing until the Robert Huth late show gave them all three points.
The visitor's had the best possible start by taking the lead after only two minutes - Kieran Richardson converting Phil Bardsley's low cross for the visitors on two minutes.
John Carew then levelled just after the half-hour from what seemed an offside position.
The Black Cats leading scorer Asamoah Gyan, with his eighth goal of the campaign, fired in just after the break and that's the way it remained with seven minutes to go.
Two Jermaine Pennant free-kicks were to prove the saviour for Stoke as on both occasions, the second deep into added time, defender Huth was on hand to score and totally deflate the Sunderland team.
Referee: Lee Probert
Venue: Britannia Stadium Attendance: 26,008
Stoke scorers: Carew 32, Huth 83, 90 Sunderland scorers: Richards 2, Gyan 48
STOKE 01 Begovic 03 Higginbotham 04 Huth 17 Shawcross 28 Wilkinson (Walters 66) 16 Pennant 18 Whitehead 24 Delap (yellow card) 26 Etherington 09 Jones 22 Carew
Substitutes 29 Sorensen, 05 Collins, 30 Shotton, 06 Whelan, 12 Wilson, 14 Pugh, 19 Walters
SUNDERLAND 01 Gordon 02 Bardsley 03 Richardson 05 Mensah 15 Onuoha 19 Bramble 29 Ferdinand 10 Henderson (yellow card) (Malbranque 85) 11 Muntari (yellow card) (Zenden 89) 28 Sessegnon (yellow card) 33 Gyan
Substitutes 22 Mignolet, 12 Angeleri, 07 Zenden, 08 Malbranque, 16 Riveros, 25 Colback, 27 Elmohamady
