Vincent Kompany put the league leaders ahead at Anfield with a brilliant header, but a terrible own goal gave the Reds a draw. Mario Balotelli was sent off late, but Joe Hart stopped every shot of a Liverpool onslaught.
Premier League 2011, Week 13 Preview: Can Another Big Club Go Into Crisis? This Is Getting Boring
12:45 GMT (7:45 AM ET); Britannia Stadium
Britannia Stadium has a capacity of 27,598. Potters fans are a loyal bunch and the stadium is generally full or very close to it on match day, so a crowd of 25,000 for this game seems on the very low end of what should be expected. As this is the early game, it’s going to be on national television in the U.K. In the US it’s going to be broadcast on ESPN Deportes. Given the Premier League’s global popularity, this game will be seen by hundreds of thousands-if not millions-of people world wide. Neutral fans in the Pacific time zone will wake up at 4:30 in the morning to watch this game. This is all so depressing that I am going to go eat the three-quarters of a pumpkin pie in my refrigerator in the hope that when it’s over I can’t feel feelings any more.
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