Jay Dasilva’s freak goal earns Bristol City victory at Stoke

Jay Dasilva’s freak goal was enough to take the spoils as Bristol City edged Stoke 1-0 at the bet365 Stadium.

An evenly-fought contest sparked into life in the final 10 minutes, with a Lewis Baker free-kick striking the crossbar as the Potters attempted to break the deadlock.

However, the travelling Robins – who had only won one of their last 14 away games dating back to October – snatched a late winner when Dasilva’s cross sailed into the back of the net.

The Potters, in pursuit of a third consecutive home league win, started brightly and had a golden opportunity to open the scoring inside six minutes.

On-loan Manchester City youngster Taylor Harwood-Bellis was in the right place at the right time to meet a flicked-on Stoke set-piece, but the defender miscued his strike from a promising position.

The visitors also lacked the finishing touch in a frenetic opening quarter of an hour, with Antoine Semenyo racing through on goal before blazing wildly over.

An in-form Baker, who has been involved in 10 goals in 16 appearances since his January switch, prodded an instinctive effort narrowly wide of the post as the hosts grew in confidence.

Jacob Brown looked to capitalise on their dominance when he rose highest to meet a pinpoint Joe Allen delivery, but Daniel Bentley did well at full-stretch to thwart the Potters’ talisman.

However, it was the visitors who finished the half strongly and should have returned for the interval in the lead.

An Andreas Weimann delivery to the far post was redirected back into the danger area by Chris Martin, with young defender Will Forrester nearly converting into his own net.

Stoke stopper Jack Bonham then parried a powerful Martin strike straight into the path of Semenyo, yet the latter failed