And here’s a match report. It’s been a blast. Bye!

Ryan Shawcross and Glenn Murray talk, about that first-half penalty incident and life in general. First, Shawcross.

I think it probably was a penalty if you look back at it. I think the attacking players on each side decided it. They’ve got a lot and we’ve got a lot. We’re disappointed [not to win]. Their goals were a bit sloppy. A point away from home for us is brilliant, so we’ll take that and move on.

And Glenn Murray:

It’s just one of those things. Hopefully throughout the course of the season it’ll even itself out. [The game] felt very open, it was an enjoyable game to play in, we’re just disappointed we didn’t clinch it. We’re happy with the point. We seem to be better away from home at the minute, which is something we need to sort out.

An entertaining game ends with the points justly shared. Brighton did exceptionally well to come back twice against a rugged Stoke side, but though they were entertaining and enterprising their play was too often imprecise. Stoke had better quality, but lesser attacking intent. They scored from a (lovely) long ball and a corner, and most of their brighter moments from open play in the second half came from Brighton – under some pressure – gifting them possession in dangerous areas.

90+4 mins: Nope.

90+3 mins: Half a minute to play, and Stoke have a throw-in deep into Brighton territory. Is there time for one more chance?

90+2 mins: Not by shanking shooting chances high and wide from the edge of the area, as Schelotto just did, they won’t.

90+1 mins: The home side win a corner. The crowd roars. Will they find a winner?

90+1 mins: There will be three minutes of stoppage time. Brighton go into it with the wind in their sails and the crowd willing them onward.

88 mins: March tries to go past Diouf, who blocks his path and then dives to the ground. There was contact from behind, but Diouf’s dive made him look a bit silly. Anyway, the referee buys it, and the crowd is absolutely furious about it.

86 mins: Schelotto nicely tricks his way into the area, and then annoyingly spears a poor ball across the area.

84 mins: More substitutions, both for Brighton: Izzy Brown replaces Pascal Gross, and Schelotto replaces Knockaert.

83 mins: Brighton break, and Knockaert’s lovely flick finds Murray. Zouma gets in the way and then steals the ball away, but it was still a lovely flick.

82 mins: Diouf ridiculously overdramatises a collision with Dunk that barely existed at all, and the referee buys it. Nothing comes of the free kick, though.

81 mins: The constant rain of crosses ends when Zouma has a long-range shot that zips across the turf into the arms of Ryan.

80 mins: Crouch’s arrival seems to have changed the game in Stoke’s favour. Suddenly they’re peppering Brighton’s penalty area with crosses, and the home side seem very worried about it.

79 mins: Stoke win a corner and Fletcher picks out Crouch, but his header is from too far out, and also not on target.

77 mins: Here’s the all-time top five players with the most Premier League substitute appearances, according to Sky. It seems Crouch has not just joined Ameobi at the top of the list, but overtaken him altogether.

74 mins: Some substitutions: March replaces Izquierdo for Brighton, and Crouch replaces Shaqiri, making history in the process.

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73 mins: Gross, on the left wing, takes on Zouma. He goes down the line and turns back; Zouma eventually catches up. He goes up the line and turns back again; Zouma eventually catches up. He goes down the line and turns back again, gets the ball muddled between his feet, and gives away a throw-in. Still, it was fun.

71 mins: There seem to be a lot of passes being misplaced. Even Shaqiri’s been doing it. As a result, the last few minutes have been played entirely in a narrow belt around the half-way line.

68 mins: Shaqiri hits a left-foot shot from 20 yards that just fades away from goal in the last few metres and skims past the far post.

67 mins: A world of opportunity and potential has opened up, post-equaliser. Life is, once again, good. Brighton raid down the right, but Bruno’s cross is headed clear. Stoke run down the other end, where Choupo-Moting’s cross is also headed clear.

63 mins: Sky report that even as Izquierdo knocked in his goal the fourth official was putting his number into his board, as Brighton prepared to take him off.

62 mins: Izquierdo is fun but frustrating. He often seems to make the wrong decision, or be just a little too imprecise with his passing. But he’s also fast and nimble enough to really expose Zouma. “Izquierdo is an exciting player,” writes Kelvin. “Loved watching him play at Brugge. He had a silly habit of running to the bench to don his sunglasses whenever he scored, even when it was raining.”

The ball is crossed from the right to Murray, beyond the far post. His control is good, and after hinting at a cross he instead passes short to Izquierdo, befuddling the defence. His attempted pass across goal hits Wimmer, bounces back to him, and is calmly knocked into the net!

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58 mins: Brighton very nearly play themselves into trouble again on the edge of their area. They’re making a habit of it, and it’s not a good one.

58 mins: Brighton win a corner, but as the ball comes in Fletcher goes over, and Stoke have a free kick.

56 mins: Zouma and Murray jump together, and Murray’s arm presses against Zouma’s head. The Stoke defender goes to ground, stays there a while, and is then treated by physios for a bit, before walking slowly to the touchline and immediately turning to run book onto the pitch, absolutely fine.

54 mins: I don’t understand why the referee doesn’t just book a goalkeeper who is obviously timewasting. Accepted protocol seems to be that you let it pass a couple of times, then wave a beckoning arm, then give a warning, and only then take his name. It all just allows a great deal more timewasting than is ideal. Anyway, Grant still hasn’t been booked, but it’s only a matter of time. And protocol.

53 mins: Brighton win two corners in swift succession, both of which are hit too long, clear the entire penalty area and end up with Izquierdo on the opposite flank.

50 mins: Save! Propper gives the ball away just outside his own penalty area and Stoke immediately have three players bursting into it. A quick exchange of passes between Allen and Sobhi opens a chance for the latter, but Ryan positions himself well and makes the stop!

49 mins: Murray is found at the edge of the D, controls, spins and shoots – but he’s offside.

48 mins: So far this half Brighton have probed down their right and down their left, but both attacks have ended with really poor passes played under no pressure.

46 mins: Peeeeep! Brighton get the second half started.

The players are back out. More action imminent.

Further examination of replays shows that Shawcross’s challenge on Murray was definitely and without doubt a penalty. Or at least it should have been.

A jolly old half, that one. Goals, controversy, incident, drama, it had the lot. But that second Stoke goal was a blow for all neutrals. There is something spirit-sapping about watching this team destroy a game, which seems to be how they deal with away leads. Maybe I’m doing them a disservice, though. Perhaps they’ll put on a display of fantasy attacking in the second half. They certainly have the potential to do more than simply close this out.

45+4 mins: The referee blows his whistle and the crowd erupts in boos, aimed at the referee who denied them a likely penalty and the devilish football gods who so swiftly destroyed their post-equalising joy.

It’s an excellent corner towards Choupo-Moting, which hits Bruno in the back of the head and goes straight to Zouma, who nods in from close range.

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45+1 mins: Into stoppage time, of which there will be three minutes. It starts with a Stoke corner.

That’s fantastic work by Propper! He’s given the ball in the middle of Stoke’s half, with opponents all around him, and somehow he escapes from all of them, runs to the right, crosses low and Gross’s low shot goes through the goalkeeper’s legs!

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42 mins: Murray steams in on Wimmer, wildly late, and is booked. He needs to find a better way of dealing with his frustration: that was a yellow and a half, and if the referee had been feeling really vindictive he might have been sent off.

40 mins: There wasn’t much contact on Murray, but there was no contact on the ball. Shawcross is extraordinarily lucky to get away with that.

39 mins: Murray and Shawcross run side by side in the penalty area. Shawcross slides in, misses the ball, waves a leg in front of Murray and the Brighton striker goes over it. The referee gives a free kick to Stoke.

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38 mins: Stoke have the ball and pass it around for a while, without getting more than 15 yards into Brighton’s half, or really wanting to.

37 mins: Though Zouma just took a throw-in reasonably quickly.

36 mins: I watched Stoke beat Watford a couple of weeks ago, and I’m basically watching it again now. A first-half goal, and now 11 men behind the ball and maximum timewasting at every stoppage.

34 mins: Gross is picked out on the edge of the area, but he falls as he gets into it, and when the ball falls to Knockaert he is offside. Grant takes an age over the free kick.

34 mins: Diouf is picked out on the right wing, but his low cross hits a defender. “Did you see what Duffy was doing on that goal?” asks JR. “He was waving his arm in the air like he just didn’t care (that Choupo-Moting was about to score a goal). Perhaps instead of appealing for offside Duffy should have continued playing. Just a thought. A bit radical, I know.”