Mark Hughes: 'Stoke City deserved penalty'

Mark Hughes has said that his Stoke City side were awarded a "clear penalty" during their win over Everton in the Premier League this afternoon.

Summer signing Bojan Krkic scored the only goal from the spot in the 1-0 victory at Goodison Park for the Potters.

The manager told BBC Sport: "Bojan has done really, really well to get into the box and his back leg is clipped. Under those circumstances as a defender you've got to be really careful. It's a clear penalty.

"It is not the first time [Stoke have performed away from home], we've done the same at City and we won at Tottenham. Our away form is better than our home form. Last year maybe we didn't have the tools to be a threat on the road. Our home form will resolve itself and we'll pick up points there."

The result leaves Stoke 11th in the table ahead of their match against West Bromwich Albion on Sunday.