Stoke City boss Mark Hughes hailed Charlie Adam's goal after their 1-1 draw with Sunderland.

Adam canceled out Sunderland's opener scored by Connor Wickham.

Giving his assessment of the contest, Hughes - whose side stay ninth - said: "We made a terrible start.

"We had talked about the first goal and the importance of it before the game, and lo and behold we go and concede inside a minute.

"We are disappointed with that, but I thought it was a great response from us in the first half - arguably the best we've played for quite some time.

"It was a great strike from Charlie, on his wrong foot which shows you the quality of it.

"They made a bit of a change in personnel for the second half and pressed us higher. The game became a little bit fragmented and open - we had opportunities and so did they.

"In the end we were disappointed with 1-1 because overall, it was an opportunity missed."