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Hughes: Stoke made too many mistakes against Liverpool

Mark Hughes feels Stoke City handed Liverpool the win in their Premier League clash at Anfield by making too many mistakes.

Jonathan Walters gave Stoke an early lead when he headed home Erik Pieters' cross, but poor defending from Glen Johnson allowed Adam Lallana to level the scoring, before Roberto Firmino made it 2-1 in the closing stages of the first half.

An own goal from Giannelli Imbula and a strike from Daniel Sturridge after Ryan Shawcross' poor backpass then saw Liverpool cruise to a 4-1 win after the break, much to the frustration of Hughes.

"We are disappointed with the result clearly because nobody wants to lose a game by a big margin, which I suppose people will view it as," the Stoke boss said at a news conference.