Super Eagles’ forward, Victor Moses, was the cynosure of all eyes as Stoke City beat relegation threatened Queens Park Rangers 3-1 at the Britannia Stadium on Saturday.
The Nigerian, who returned last week from injury, held on tightly to his first team shirt as he was listed by manager Mark Hughes in the starting line up.
Moses was however booked for simulation after falling to the floor in the QPR half in the 59th minute of the encounter.
Meanwhile, Jon Walters netted a hat-trick as Stoke City beat Queens Park Rangers 3-1.
Both teams began sluggishly, with no shots of note in the opening 20 minutes, but in the 21st minute, Stoke took the lead through Walters, who latched onto Stephen Ireland’s backheel and buried a clinical finish underneath Rob Green.
Ireland once again had a hand in Stoke’s second goal, as he released Walters, who kept his composure to slot the ball past and advancing Green with his left foot.
QPR were second best throughout the first half, but were handed a lifeline shortly before the break when Niko Kranjcar latched onto Charlie Austin’s scuffed effort and buried the ball from close range.
After such an assured first-half showing, Stoke were left to defend valiantly in the dying embers of the game and were lucky to see Joey Barton’s free kick rebound off the crossbar.
Bobby Zamora and Leroy Fer both came close late on, but Stoke wrapped up the victory in the second minute of stoppage time as Walters completed his hat-trick with a precise header.