Bojan's trickery gets him into the area on the right and he crosses low, forcing David De Gea to punch away at his near post.

Ten minutes to go...

There used to be a time when, even with 15 minutes left, you would not bet against Manchester United coming back to win. With this team, though, you just can't see it. 

If I were to pick a Stoke and Man Utd combined XI I am pretty sure there would be more Stoke players in that team than United...

Stoke boss Mark Hughes is mulling over whether to stick or twist. He decides to take the latter option, making his third and final change as Charlie Adam comes on for Glenn Whelan.

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BBC Radio 5 live at the Britannia Stadium

"Manchester United had a free-kick there [before the Stoke chance] and there was no width. If you put players wide, it stretches the defence and players have to move out to cover them. You can't have no width at this level."

Manchester United have been better this half but their shaky defence will continue to give Louis van Gaal nightmares. This time, Bojan delivers a fine cross behind the defence aimed at Marko Arnautovic, Ashley Young sticks out a boot to cut it out but almost puts the ball beyond his own keeper. David de Gea's reactions are bang up to scratch though as he claws the ball out of the air.

Young had to make the intervention, but that could have been so, so costly.

Is that supposed to be a cat, Jamie? Not sure about your maths either...

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Ibrahim Afellay skips along the edge of the area, evading a number of half-hearted challenges before feeding the ball to Marko Arnautovic inside the area. He takes one touch too many, though, allowing the Manchester United defence to recover and snuff out the chance.

Stoke's change to a more defensive style is not suiting Xherdan Shaqiri. He has barely had a sniff of the ball in this half and is substituted, with Mame Biram Diouf replacing him.

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The Manchester United fans burst into noise as the visitors fashion their best chance of the game. 

Wayne Rooney makes it with a fine ball across the box to Marouane Fellaini who, from eight yards, sees his low strike held by Jack Butland. 

I can't help but feel Fellaini should have smashed that into the roof of the net, but a potentially crucial save.

Stoke are very much playing the soak it up and punch on the counter tactic at the moment, a tactic that almost pays dividends as Marko Arnautovic chases a long ball forward. Just one defender to beat, but he trips over the ball and Manchester United survive.  

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I wonder what Manchester United executive vice chairman Ed Woodward thinks of all this? Not a lot probably because he is apparently not at the game. Maybe just as well...

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Ashley Young, who has had a tough old time dealing with Marko Arnautivic at right back, gets to enjoy a rare foray forward as he slips the ball past his marker on the right and then fizzes a teasing cross in behind the defence. Wayne Rooney is flagged offside, though.

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BBC Radio 5 live at the Britannia Stadium

"I don't think Manchester United will make a move for another manager before Monday. Chelsea should not have sacked Jose Mourinho, I could not see the point in doing it. Let a manager have a full season and let him fail. Something must have gone on with Mourinho. They are still in Europe and the let him go?"

Wayne Rooney is playing centrally, with Anthony Martial and Maroaune Fellaini either side. Rooney is certainly looking like he wants to make up for lost time, with lots of buzzing about, but he is not doing much to worry the Stoke defence, which is sitting deep in this half.

Andrew: Man Utd's golden era is truly over and partly because Ferguson left a basket case. Sacking LvG will not change anything except pushing them to further instability. Put an inexperianced manager like Giggs in charge and this could hasten worse to come like the golden drop of 1973. Job done. 

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"I just didn't see Juan Mata in the first half..."

From the average positions of the teams below, it looks like Stoke will be sitting back and defending their lead and put the onus on Manchester United to break them down.

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Stoke get forward and Bojan, ball at the feet, takes a tumble in the area. The referee blows his whistle. Penalty? No, free-kick to Manchester United and Bojan is booked for simulation.

Correct decision, but that would have been a heart-in-mouth moment for Louis van Gaal.