Phew.

The final whistle.

Crouchy wins it for Stoke.

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Dusan Tadic is out on the left and he's waving for help.

He finally gets a ball into the box and Saints have a corner. We are still playing.

Mark Hughes looks bemused.

Southampton have one final chance through Shane Long but Jack Butland gathers and he's in no rush.

He launches the ball high in the air and still the referee fails to blow his whistle.

We are into the seventh minute of added time.

This is ridiculous.

Southampton should be level. This is tense.

Kurt Zouma is forced to clear the ball off the line as Manolo Gabbiadini has his second chance inside 60 seconds to equalise.

Stoke are hanging on here...

Five minutes of added time.

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The referee is talking to Mauricio Pellegrino, but the Saints manager gets away with it and he won't be sent to the stands for the final few minutes.

Maya Yoshida could have had a second.

He tries to latch onto a free-kick but the ball just floats past his out-stretched leg.

It's all go here.

Brilliant tackle from Mario Lemina on Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting in the box.

He matches the striker stride for stride and clears the danger.

But Stoke come again through the corner, a good delivery from Xherdan Shaqiri but Shane Long of all people is there to head the ball back to his goalkeeper.

This could be a lively last 10 minutes.

Saints have only their third goal from open play this season.

And it's deserved. Hard work does pay off it seems.

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First change for Stoke, and it's the former Southampton man Peter Crouch who comes on to replace Saido Berahino.

A decent effort from the £12m signing from West Brom, but his wait for a first Stoke goal continues...

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Both sides are coming unstuck in the final third.

Stoke seem fairly happy to play around in midfield, and leave Southampton to the attacking.

But there's not much of it happening. Mauricio Pellegrino's side are lacking a cutting-edge as the crowd begin to whistle.

This is slow.

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Third time lucky? Nope.

Virgil van Dijk makes it a hat-trick of headers, but his is off-target too from a corner.

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Another header from Shane Long and another cracking leap.

Dusan Tadic sends in a decent cross and Long connects but it's over the bar, again.

Good news Saints fans, they're certainly doing more with their possession this half.

A quality delivery from the right-hand side from Cedric finds Irishman Shane Long in the box.

Long gets up above Geoff Cameron but he can't keep his header down and it sails over the crossbar.

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Lovely feet from Joe Allen to pick out Saido Berahino in the area, but the striker is stopped from getting his shot away by Virgil van Dijk.

Stoke have started this half on top.

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This is Saido Berahino's touch map from the first half.

It totals 10.

He had just one shot on target, and that was his saved penalty.

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We're back under way in Stoke.

Saints have failed to score in four of their six league games this season, will this be another drab day for Mauricio Pellegrino's side?

45 mins to find the back of the net...

Saints had almost 68% possession in that first half, but they have nothing to show for it.

Fraser Forster and Virgil van Dijk, until he conceded a daft penalty, had to keep their side in the game as their troubles in front of goal continue.

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Southampton were the side pressing before the break, as they did for much of the first half, but it's Stoke who lead at half-time.

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