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The English Premier League is back and to kick off the season Liverpool hosted Stoke City. Liverpool featured several of their new players including Spanish forward Iago Aspas, defender Kolo Touré, and keeper Simon Mignolet. Still no Suarez for the Reds though as his suspension continues.
Early in the match Robert Huth nearly put Stoke ahead, but his shot was denied by the crossbar. Similarly Kolo Touré hit the crossbar with his header at the other end moments later. Liverpool created more chances in the first-half and it was Daniel Sturridge who finally beat the keeper. From just outside the box, Sturridge blasted his shot through the legs of defender Huth and out of the reach of keeper Begović to score (37').
The goal from Sturridge was the only score of the match, though Stoke had a golden opportunity to equalize. Defender Agger was called for a handball inside the Liverpool box to concede a penalty. Walters took the penalty shot for Stoke but keeper Mignolet came up big and denied the goal.
While Begović was the loosing keeper today, he actually had a very good game as well. The Stoke keeper made 10 saves over the course of the match and kept his team in contention. He did not get any help at the other end however, and Liverpool win their opening day match.
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