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Set-play prep paying off for Stoke City boss Narcis Pelach

NARCIS Pelach admitted Stoke City have been working tirelessly on set-pieces since his arrival – and he was pleased the hard work paid dividends with the winner against Derby to seal a 2-1 victory.
Set-play prep

By Ryan Daly

STOKE CITY 2
Cannon 9 (pen), Gibson 82

DERBY COUNTY 1
Johansson 68 (og)

ON THE STRETCH: Stoke’s Andy Moran tackles Derby’s Ben Osborn
PICTURES: Alamy

NARCIS Pelach admitted Stoke City have been working tirelessly on set-pieces since his arrival – and he was pleased the hard work paid dividends with the winner against Derby to seal a 2-1 victory.
After taking the lead through a Tom Cannon penalty, the hosts were pegged back after a bizarre own-goal from Viktor Johansson after Ben Gibson’s header, but skipper Gibson made amends to head home eight minutes from time from a cor...

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