Lambert hopes Stoke can end Arsenal away hoodoo

PAUL Lambert is hoping his own experience of winning at the Emirates Stadium can help Stoke end their miserable away run against Arsenal.

The Potters’ hopes of avoiding relegation from the Premier League are looking ever-bleak and history is not on their side for Sunday’s fixture.

Stoke last won at Arsenal in 1981 and have lost on all 15 visits since.

However, Lambert can look back to a winning trip with Aston Villa on the first day of the 2013/14 season and will head to north London confident of causing an upset.

He said: “It’s a really tough place to go. I’ve been fortunate I’ve won there — I know what it’s like to win there, I know what it’s like to lose there, I know what it’s like to draw there.

“This is new, I’m only new to the football club so what happened in the past is not an interest to me really. We’ll make it a really hard game, we’ll go and try to win, like I’ve always done, and it won’t change. We have to find a way to hurt them and that’s what we’ll work on when we get the rest of the lads back from their national teams.”

Lambert had a positive impact after replacing Mark Hughes, winning his first game in charge against Huddersfield but Stoke have not won any of the seven matches since and sit three points adrift of safety.

Draws with Brighton, Leicester and Southampton were followed by defeats against Manchester City and Everton but Lambert has seen plenty of reasons to feel positive, saying: “As long as you keep fighting you’ve always got a chance. That’s what you do, you keep fighting for everything.”

Adam Lallana picked up his first England cap in nine months against Italy.