Stoke City manager Mark Robins admitted the "turbulence" around deadline day - and the sale of star man Sorba Thomas - threatened to overshadow their Championship game with Norwich.
Instead, the Potters, who had not won a league game since April, took the honours with a 1-0 win.
"We had to grind a win out somehow and we managed to do that, with a really well worked goal," he told BBC Radio Stoke.
"We looked a threat on the counter-attack. They had loads of possession but as we know in this division it doesn't matter about possession.
"We needed to get a clean sheet and win a game and it didn't matter how we did it.
#mark #thomas
Instead, the Potters, who had not won a league game since April, took the honours with a 1-0 win.
"We had to grind a win out somehow and we managed to do that, with a really well worked goal," he told BBC Radio Stoke.
"We looked a threat on the counter-attack. They had loads of possession but as we know in this division it doesn't matter about possession.
"We needed to get a clean sheet and win a game and it didn't matter how we did it.
#mark #thomas
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