Stoke's survival bid was dented on Sunday as they could only draw 1-1 with Burnley in the Premier League at the bet365 Stadium
Badou Ndiaye opened his Stoke account on 11 minutes with a deflected effort from 20 yards, but Ashley Barnes scrambled home a leveller (62) for his sixth goal in his last eight Premier League games
Stoke nearly won it with two minutes remaining, but substitute Stephen Ireland's curling effort clipped the outside of the post, while Burnley saw two Johann Gudmundsson efforts saved by Jack Butland at the other end in stoppage time
The result means Stoke are four points off 17th-place Swansea, who have two games in hand, the first coming at champions Man City in Sunday's later kick-off
 Burnley remain seventh, but now four points behind Arsenal
Stoke took the lead with the first chance of the game as Ndiaye saw his 20-yard effort deflect off the boot of Kevin Long and fall past Nick Pope following unselfish work from Mame Biram Diouf on the edge of the box
Gudmundsson forced a good save out of Butland with a 25-yard free-kick, but Stoke should have gone into the half 2-0 up as Diouf received Moritz Bauer's cross in space inside the box, but the forward decided to attempt a touch rather than shoot, seeing the ball squirm under his foot
James Tarkowski nearly equalised, but saw his header from a corner well saved by Butland, but it was 1-1 shortly after as Barnes turned home off his knee after Butland had again saved Tarkowski's header from close range
There was a late flurry of chances at both ends, with a draw not suiting Stoke; substitute Ireland curled a beauty off the post from 20 yards, while at the other end Gudmundsson saw efforts saved by Butland and curl past the far post
If Southampton do not win the FA Cup, seventh place would see Burnley compete in Europe for the first time since the 1960s at the Europa League second qualifying round, while Stoke look odds-on to be playing second-tier football next season
The England stopper made six saves, four of which were superb, and was unlucky not to keep out Barnes' leveller following a fine star-fish stop Peter Schmeichel would have been proud of
In the race for Russia, all four goalkeepers are putting in a claim to be Gareth Southgate's No 1
: "Until it's mathematically impossible for us to do, we'll keep fighting
 Football is a tough game, no game is easy, no game is a given, but until someone tells me this fight is over, we'll keep going
": "I'm very pleased with the mentality, very pleased with the play
 I think we're beginning to find a different way of playing which can be more effective
 Definitely we're scoring more goals recently, creating more chances
"Stoke now go to Liverpool on Saturday lunchtime in the Premier League, live on Sky Sports Premier League, while Burnley host Brighton at 3pm on Saturday
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