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The phrase “a game of two halves” certainly applied at the Ramon Sanchez Pizhuan stadium on Tuesday night as the Reds were rampant in the first half, storming to a 3-0 lead inside half an hour, but their Spanish opponents came out fighting in the second and pulled off a comeback

The Reds’ first outing in the competition since 2014 got off to a nightmare start when they fell behind to a Wissam Ben Yedder strike after just five minutes, but goals from Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah turned the game around before half time and ensured that the hosts went into the break ahead.

He scored in only his second game for Stoke in the 3-1 win against Bournemouth in February last year but the former France U21 player failed to make the impact Mark Hughes had hoped for and he fell down the pecking order when Darren Fletcher arrived on a free transfer from West Brom.

Reports emerged earlier on Thursday evening that the Foxes had parted company with the 65-year-old in the wake of their 2-1 defeat to Sevilla in the last 16 of the Champions League on Wednesday night – a result that was widely regarded as a positive one for the Foxes due to the away goal