Stoke defender Erik Pieters enjoying Marko Arnautovic partnership
Wednesday 9 December 2015 10:15, UK
Stoke left-back Erik Pieters believes his link-up play with striker Marko Arnautovic has helped the team this season.
Austria international Arnautovic scored both goals as the Potters beat Manchester City 2-0 on Saturday.
Three of his five league goals this season have been match winners and Pieters is pleased they are combining well to create goalscoring opportunities.
"I think people can see that Marko and I have started to build a solid partnership on the left-hand side," Pieters told Stoke's official website.
"Everyone knows that he is a very good player and I know how to link up with him by giving him the balls and by running on the overlaps, for example.
"We help each other a lot, we know when we both need support and I think we are making a very good team together."
Pieters also feels the team has improved technically following the arrival of Xherdan Shaqiri and Bojan Krkic at the Britannia Stadium.
"We are becoming a really hard team to beat. We are an attractive team with very good technical players who can work well but we know every game is different in the Premier League," added Pieters.
"It's important that we keep a run of consistency going. Confidence is high, we believe in what we can achieve and I really love playing at the moment.
"There are loads of games to go but if we can maintain our confidence then I think we will have yet another good season."
Stoke, who are 11th in the table after securing three wins from their last four league matches, face West Ham at Upton Park in the league on Saturday.
