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  1. Robins heaps praise on 'outstanding' Stoke

    Mark Robins with a thumbs up on the touchlineGetty Images

    Mark Robins was replaced by Frank Lampard at Coventry before arriving at Stoke

    Stoke City manager Mark Robins called his side "outstanding" after the Potters' 3-1 victory over Queen's Park Rangers.

    In a convincing display, goals from Bae Jun-Ho, Junior Tchamadeu and Million Manhoef earned three vital points in a tight battle at the foot of the Championship.

    "I thought for 60 to 65 minutes we were outstanding and then we allowed them for one or two reasons a little bit more possession of the ball," former Coventry boss Robins told BBC Radio Stoke.

    "They used it by getting the ball forward as quickly as they possibly could. We had to deal with that threat, that ball as well as we'd done the majority of the game.

    "But in that period, the goal against us came which was the only blemish on what was a really good afternoon for us."

    The performance was one of the best since Robins arrived in Staffordshire on New Year's Day.

    The Potters managed 20 touches in QPR's box and dispossessed Rangers 16 times across the 90 minutes.

    "The performance was really good from minute one," added Robins.

    "We moved the ball really well, we created some spaces, down the right hand side in particular with Junior and Million but also on the left hand side with Eric (Bocat) and (Bae) Jun-ho.

    "I'm delighted for him (Tchamadeu) as well because his performance today deserved that, deserved a win.

    "Milly (Manhoef) as well his performance was really strong and I was really pleased to see him return from international duty in the manner that he did because his Thursday training was as good as I've seen from him."

    Robins will be hoping for a repeat when Stoke visit Preston North End next Saturday.

  2. Stoke celebrating

  3. An EFL ball

  4. Partial eclipse of the Sun in Barlaston, showing the Moon pass over the top right of the orange disc of the Sun

  5. Kyle Wootton scores for Stockport

  6. Swann House in Stoke

  7. A bike wheel on top of a pot hole. A woman's foot in a brown sandal can be seen.

  8. A group of people - two men and two women - are posing in front of a purple BBC Radio Stoke-branded backdrop. One of the men, who has short brown hair and is wearing glasses, a grey suit and a blue-patterned shirt, is holding a glass award with the word "Winner" on it.

  9. Walsall boss Mat Sadler and Bradford City manager Graham Alexander

  10. Purple signage on the outside of a building which reads 'Jubilee2' in front of a set of glass window panes.

  11. A picture of Joan Hill, a woman with silver hair which is cut into a bob. She smiles at the camera while wearing a long-sleeved purple shirt.

  12. Lynn Jones, a woman wearing a burgundy blouse, is standing next to a photo of her deceased husband Gareth, who is seen in a black-framed image wearing a black suit.

  13. Two very small babies lying facing each other. Their eyes are closed and they appear to be asleep. They both have tubes going into their noses. They are both wearing knitted jackets and one of them has a white woolly hat on.

  14. Pick of the stats: Stoke City v QPR

    Stoke City and QPR team emblems

    Stoke City are one point clear of the Championship relegation zone as they prepare to host QPR on Saturday (15:00 GMT)

    QPR have not won an away league game since a 2-1 victory at Hull City on 21 January.

    • Stoke City have won just one of their past 11 league games against sides from London (D4 L6), failing to score in seven of those matches.

    • QPR have lost just two of their past six away league games against Stoke City (W3 D1), though one of those defeats came last season at the bet365 Stadium (1-0).

    • Stoke have lost just one of their past seven home league games (W3 D3), keeping five clean sheets across that time.

    • QPR have lost each of their past five away league games, last enduring a longer losing run on their travels between March and August 2018 (six defeats).

    • Stoke City's Sam Gallagher has scored six goals against QPR in his career – the most he's netted against any side – including one in his last home match against the London outfit, for Blackburn Rovers in February last season.

  15. A group of footbll players are huddled together on an astroturf pitch. Some of them are wearing green tabards, they are all wearing navy blue t-shirts.

  16. Man with short dark and flecks of grey hair is stood on a football pitch, with a town visible in the background. He is wearing a patterned shirt and a blue jacket.

  17. A man wearing a black top, with a cigarette in his mouth, is cupping his hands around a lighter.

  18. An area of wasteland with a multi-storey car park in the distance. There is a pigeon in the bottom left hand corner of the photo.

  19. A close-up image of a teenage boy with long curly black hair sitting in the back seat of a car.

  20. David Cox, a man wearing a grey suit and a light blue tie as well as a red lanyard indicating he is a visitor. He is standing in an office-like room.

  21. Two women, both wearing glasses, stand close together and are smiling. The woman on the left has long brown hair and is wearing dark blue dungarees over a light blue top, while the woman on the right, who has long blond hair, is wearing an orange woollen jumper.

  22. Mickey Demetriou acknowledges the Crewe fans before Saturday's 0-0 draw at Notts County

  23. The entrance of Chester Crown Court, which is a pale brick-built building. Letters above the door read "Crown Court" and with a light below.

  24. A police handout showing Darren Green, a man with dark brown hair and a beard.