Stoke City manager Mark Hughes took heart from Bojan Krkic's performance in Saturday's 1-0 Premier League defeat to Liverpool at Anfield.

The Spaniard struck the post and forced an impressive save from Simon Mignolet, only for Stoke to be undone by a late Glen Johnson header.

Stoke remain without a win at Anfield since 1959 but Hughes was pleased with the showing of former Barcelona man Bojan - a summer signing from the Catalan giants.

"We feel a little bit disappointed because we put a huge effort in," Hughes explained.