Stoke 1 Manchester City 1: Blues stutter to drab draw but regain top spot from United

Yaya Toure struck a fine equaliser as Manchester City regained top spot but dropped two valuable Barclays Premier League points at Stoke. Toure cancelled out a stunning long-range volley from Peter Crouch with his own powerful strike but the frustrated visitors could not find a winner in a hard-fought encounter. City might argue Stoke could have had a man sent off when Dean Whitehead caught David Silva with his arm but they had a let-off when Pablo Zabaleta cleared off the line.