SPARKS FLY Hughes furious as Wolves spring shock

this is the last we see of the Spaniard in a Stoke shirt remains to be seen.

Adam was involved straight away, working Carl Ikeme with a deflected shot and the Wolves keeper was about to become very busy.

He needed to produce fine saves to keep out driven efforts from Arnautovic and Ibrahim Afellay, before denying Crouch from close range.

Allen was next to be frustrated by Ikeme as his shot was helped over the bar as Stoke piled on the pressure with 20 minutes left.

However, the hosts’ hopes were dashed in the 80th minute when Bruno Martins Indi gave away a needless free-kick on the edge of his own area, fouling Bodvarsson, and Doherty clipped his shot perfectly over the wall and beyond Grant’s reach.

It was the cue for many Stoke supporters to exit, so those who left early will not have seen Grant deny Nouha Dicko when the striker was clean through.

Wolves boss Paul Lambert said: “I thought we were great, I really did, right from the off.

“The whole performance was terrific and we could have been two or three up before we even scored. “You need time to put your own stamp on things. “You’re never going to do it within three or four weeks, you need about a full season to get your point across properly. But there is an accumulation of good things now happening at the club.” STOKE: WOLVES: