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BAKER’S GIFT FOR ‘NEW BOSS’ NEIL

Skipper’s belter lifts Potters
By Andy Hunter

BLACKBURN R 0
 
STOKE CITY 1
Baker 27

STAR MAN

LEWIS BAKER Stoke

INTERIM boss Dean Holden said Stoke’s new manager will have “a really good group of players” after they recorded a battling win at Blackburn.
In front of the watching Alex Neil, Stoke showed both sides of their character, producing a dominant first-half display that saw them lead through Lewis Baker’s stunning 25-yard strike.
Holden believed the win showed how good Stoke can be.
“There’s the basis of a really g...

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