Stoke City striker Peter Crouch hopes for more chances after scoring the winner in their Capital One Cup victory at Fulham.

His first-half goal was enough to see Stoke into the fourth-round draw with a 1-0 win over the Championship outfit.

"I'm very pleased to be back playing again really," Crouch told Stoke City Player. "It was my first 90 minutes since last season, so I'm pleased to have come through that and cap it off with the winning goal.

"We had to dig in and we had to be defensively solid as a whole team and I thought to a man we were exactly that as well. It's all about getting the result, and now hopefully I can play more and get more goals for Stoke City."