Stoke boss Mark Hughes was left bitterly disappointed after his side was thumped 4-1 by Liverpool at Anfield in the Premier League on Sunday. Goals from Alberto Moreno, Daniel Sturridge and two from Divock Origi saw Liverpool jump above the Potters into eighth in the table.In the first half in terms of controlling the game we were in decent shape. But when Liverpool put any balls in our box or when we were in situations where people needed to come alive we didnt, and that was the story of the game from our point of view, Hughes told Sky Sports. In the second half we lost early goals, then it becomes fragmented and were trying to chase a game at Anfield, which is a difficult place to do that. Daniel Sturridge of Liverpool (second left) scores their second goal with a header past goalkeeper Jakob Haugaard of Stoke The result comes a week after Stoke dropped two points against Swansea after leading 2-0 at the Britannia Stadium, and Hughes has seen his sides chances of European qualification fade.Its one of those days, we didnt deal with that threat [of crosses] at any stage in the game and thats unlike us, he said. Were usually very resolute and get on the end of things and stop them developing, but today that wasnt the case.Its a shame because for decent periods I thought we progressed the ball up the park well, got decent enough balls into [Peter] Crouch and people around him but once goals start flying in it becomes more difficult for you.He added: In the end 4-1 we feel is a little bit hard on us given what we did in the first half but youve got to have a full 90-minute performance and unfortunately we didnt have that. Alberto Moreno is tackled by Xherdan Shaqiri Hughes and full-back Erik Pieters had words late in the game, with the full-back substituted shortly after and notably not exchanging so much as a glance with the Stoke boss.Hughes shrugged off the incident, saying: There may well have been (words) but those things happen. We just needed to be a little bit more solid and I just felt I needed to make a change. Also See: Stoke video Stoke fixtures Stoke stats Bob Cousy Jersey . The incident occurred at 6:28 of the first period in Anaheims 6-3 home win over Dallas on Sunday. Garbutt left the penalty box and skated at Penner before leaving his skates to deliver a check. Custom Boston Celtics Jerseys . Green-Ellis was Cincinnatis leading rusher each of the last two seasons. His role was reduced last year when Giovani Bernard was added to the backfield. Green-Ellis ran for 756 yards and a career-low 3. http://www.celticssale.com/kids-bill-russell-celtics-jersey/ . -- D. J. Williams finally has his packing strategy down. Dennis Johnson Celtics Jersey . -- Justin Verlander took a no-hit bid into the sixth inning and won his fourth straight decision, leading Detroit over the Kansas City Royals 9-4 Sunday and extending the Tigers winning streak to a season-high five games. Danny Ainge Celtics Jersey . Henrik Samuelsson and Luke Bertolucci also scored for the Oil Kings, who are now 9-0 on home ice in the playoffs to cut Portlands series lead to 2-1. Chase De Leo and Mathew Dumba responded for the Winterhawks, who suffered just their fourth loss in their last 46 games, a string of success running all the way back to Jan. As the Raptors prepare for their first postseason birth in six years, with a playoff spot all but locked up, Josh Lewenberg and Duane Watson look ahead to the stretch run in this weeks edition of TSN 1050s Raptors Report podcast. With 13 regular season games to go and several teams breathing down their neck in the Eastern Conference standings, can the Raptors continue to win while monitoring the playing time of their star guards Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan? Raptors Report: Preparing for the playoffs ' ' '