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Stoke 2 Leicester 2 reaction: Player ratings from the Britannia

Who was the star man?

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Saturday 19 September 2015 17:50 BST
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Bojan celebrates his opening goal
Bojan celebrates his opening goal (Getty Images)

STAR PLAYER

Jamie Vardy: The England forward continues to impress. Was a key man in Leicester's second-half comeback, and almost added to his equaliser with a late winner, shooting just wide.

PLAYER RATINGS

Stoke

Jack Butland: 8 (out of 10)

Glen Johnson: 6

Erik Pieters: 6

Geoff Cameron: 6

Marc Wilson: 6

Glenn Whelan: 6

Marco van Ginkel: 6

Marko Arnautovic: 6

Xherdan Shaqiri: 6

Bojan Krkic: 7

Jonathan Walters: 6

Subs

Peter Crouch: 6

Stephen Ireland: 6

Peter Odemwingie: 6

Leicester

Kasper Schmeichel: 7

Ritchie De Laet: 6

Robert Huth: 6

Wes Morgan: 6

Jeff Schlupp: 6

N'Golo Kante: 6

Danny Drinkwater: 6

Gokhan Inler: 5

Riyad Mahrez: 7

Jamie Vardy: 8

Shinji Okazaki: 6

Subs

Marc Albrighton: 6

Leonardo Ulloa: 6

Andy King: 6

MOMENT OF THE MATCH

Bojan Krkic: Hands on head and smiling broadly, the playmaker had a look of pure joy - mixed with a fair degree of relief - as he celebrated after scoring. Will be hoping his injury problems are now well and truly behind him.

VIEW FROM THE BENCH

Stoke boss Mark Hughes appeared furious at his team not getting a free-kick in the build-up to Leicester's leveller, but will surely be most livid at the Potters throwing away the opportunity to chalk up their first league win of 2015-16.

Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri, while pleased to come away with a point and keep the momentum going, may be annoyed that again his men had to come from behind to get a result. A consolation on that front is that he will not have to act on his pre-match promise of buying his players pizza if they kept a clean sheet.

MOAN OF THE MATCH

Leicester are yet to register a shut-out this term and had the added incentive going into this contest of the reward of food - but you would not know it judging by the way Robert Huth, a former Stoke player no less, and Foxes captain Wes Morgan conducted themselves in the build-up to Stoke's second goal. Sloppy.

WHO'S UP NEXT

Fulham v Stoke (Capital One Cup, September 22)

Leicester v West Ham (Capital One Cup, September 22)

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