With more than three hours still to go before kick off there was a carnival atmosphere on Wembley Way.

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With a half-hour to go, Algeria finally got the free kick on the edge of the Egyptian box that they had been seeking, which Yebda whipped in dangerously and brought a good save out of El Hadary.

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"I've done this injury before and it had got to a stage where it felt it could go at anytime, but we'll give it a rest and hopefully kick on over the next couple of days, " he said.

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We have 11 games to go and 33 points to play for and I want us to end the year on a high and kick on again, starting with Wednesday's game at Accrington.

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Despite the qualiser, it felt for a time as though Stoke were the more likely to go on and get a winner and Shawcross came round the back to head Whelan's free-kick against the bar.

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