Stoke denied historic win by late Kiev equaliser.

Stoke City will return from Ukraine with just the single point after drawing with Dynamo Kiev tonight thanks to Ognan Vukovejic's 89th minute equaliser.

Kiev, second in Ukraine's top flight after nine games, winning 7 and drawing 2, were clear favourites for the match and looked the part in a first-half that they controlled. Stoke, also enjoying a fine start to this season's Premier League, unbeaten in 5th after 4 games, and on the back of Saturday's win against Liverpool, were just as resilient as you'd expect Tony Pulis' side to be and restricted Kiev to very few chances.

Stoke kept the men from Ukraine at arm's length for must of the first half, happy to sit on the edge of their 18-yard box and for Kiev to shoot from range. The Potters didn't offer much going forward in the first period and were lucky to go into the second half level after Andriy Iarmelenko spurned a great opportunity from about 8-yards out. Iamerlenko was presented with the chance after Thomas Sorensen could only palm Goran Popov's shot straight into the path of the forward to could only put the ball wide.

As the second half got underway Stoke kept to their solid banks of two with five at the back and three in midfield with Andy Wilkinson and Ryan Shotton working hard in the full-back positions. Stoke remained resolute, strong and determined and stunned the home side in the 55th minute when Cameron Jerome was found well by Shotton before calmly controlling the ball and smashing it past Oleksandr Shovkovskiy in the Kiev goal from 8-yards out.

Stoke then seemed certain to see the game out as they continued to defend resolutely and remained committed in every tackle until Vukojevic's goal which broke Stoke City fans' hearts. Iamerlenko, largely disappointing for most of the night, made the telling pass across goal after finding space in the Stoke box and Vukojevic was unmarked to tap home at the back post.

It may be seen as two points lost as Stoke were only minutes away from a fantastic start to their Europa League group stage but plenty can be taken from this game and they picked up a valuable away point in the process.

Stoke must now prepare for Sunday's trip to Sunderland before hosting Turkish side Besiktas at the Britannia in two weeks time.