(Reuters) - Midfielder Glenn Whelan is hoping Stoke City can get a rare result at high-flying Manchester City in the Premier League on Wednesday, to help them improve on last season's ninth-placed finish. "It's not just about finishing in ninth place again," Whelan, who spent three years at Manchester City's academy, told the Stoke website. I know West Bromwich Albion are a few points ahead of us at the moment but we are chasing them. Stoke have struggled defensively against the league's best teams this season, letting in four goals each against Manchester City, Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham, and three at Arsenal. Whelan, who joined Manchester City as a 17-year-old in 2001 before leaving for Sheffield Wednesday in 2004, said a solid performance against his boyhood club would go some way towards exorcising Stoke's demons.

Source: thestar March 08, 2017 08:03 UTC