Marc Muniesa wants to be a centre-half – on this evidence the former Barcelona starlet could find himself at centre-forward. Stoke are yet to score at home in the Barclays Premier League this season but are unbeaten on the road and their Spanish left back was the unlikely hero, scoring twice to sink last season’s beaten finalists. The 22-year-old is seen as understudy to Erik Pieters at Stoke but his two emphatic strikes at the Stadium of Light could have the likes of Peter Crouch and Mame Biram Diouf looking over their shoulders. American striker Jozy Altidore opens the scoring for Sunderland, assist was from Will Buckley
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Stoke beat Sunderland in Capital One Cup third round
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Steven Fletcher and Emanuele Giaccherini missed out through injury
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Jozy Altidore scored his first goal of the season for Sunderland
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Mark Muniesa equalised for Stoke before half time
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Muniesa then grabbed his second with 20 minutes left
Will Buckley twice went close to restoring @placeholder’s advantage before Muniesa struck again after 72 minutes.