The significance of the moment was not lost on Paul Lambert.
'The chance was huge,' the Scot said of Mame Biram Diouf's glorious, spurned first-half opportunity. 'He's not taken it.'
He did not and Stoke, who should have gone in 2-0 up, had only Badou Ndiaye's goal to show for their strong first-half showing. To the surprise of none, it was not enough.
Lambert, however, is not the kind of man to hang a player out to dry.