In-form Stoke midfielder Joe Allen admits his recent splurge of goals has been a pleasant surprise, after taking his tally to five in four games. The Wales international shook off concerns over his hamstring to hit a double on Saturday as the Potters claimed their first three points of the season with a 2-0 victory over Sunderland. Highlights of Stoke 2-0 Sunderland Allen had scored just five times in his previous three seasons for club and country, a total he has matched in his past four appearances, and he seems to be revitalised playing in a more advanced midfield position under Stoke boss Mark Hughes. And the 26-year-old was quick to point out the contributions of his new team-mates like Marko Arnautovic, Wilfried Bony, Peter Crouch and Xherdan Shaqiri in helping with his haul of goals. Mark Hughes gives his reaction to Sky Sports after his sides 2-0 win I dont really know where its coming from, Allen said.When you play off players like Wilf and Crouchy when hes come on, when youve got the quality of Marko on one wing and Shaq on the other, you know if you get in the right positions every now and then something is going to drop for you and at the moment it seems to be falling for me.Allen has settled quickly at the Bet365 Stadium following his £13m switch from Liverpool during a summer after he helped Wales advance to the Euro 2016 semi-finals. Matt Le Tissier gives his review on Stokes 2-0 with against Sunderland Im loving life at the minute, Allen said. I was really excited about joining the club and getting going here. I think you can see how much its benefiting my football.While Allen has started the season in fine fettle, it has taken his team until the eighth attempt to record a first Premier League success of the campaign. Watch NOW TV Watch Sky Sports for just ￡6.99. No contract. Following the win over listless Sunderland, they have an opportunity to move up the table with a run of games against Hull, Swansea, West Ham, Bournemouth, Watford and Burnley.The self-belief and confidence has never left the changing room, Allen said. Allen scored for Wales in a recent World Cup Qualifier against Moldova We knew the quality we had in there. The performances weve shown, especially in the last couple of weeks, we knew it was just a matter of time. Weve had to be patient, its taken longer than we would have hoped to get the first win but I think people will start believing again that theres a few more to come.You can watch Liverpool v Man Utd, plus Englands tour of Bangladesh and the British Masters on Sky Sports. Upgrade now and enjoy six months at half price! 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Obviously, any time you lose, its extremely tough, said Eastern Michigan coach Rob Murphy. I thought Michigan State did a great job defending us and taking away our first few actions on offense. Defensively, they were very sound. I thought we did a poor job early on of guarding the three-point line; thats not our character. Michigan State assumed control of the contest with an extended run, 23-6, in the latter stages of the first half which turned a one-point lead into an 18- point bulge. Costello got the burst going with the first four points, Gavin Schilling added a dunk, then Trice later connected from long distance to make it 22-12 with 5:46 to play. Trice and Forbes connected on back-to-back triples which extended MSUss edge to 30-16, and Clarks layup produced a 34-16 margin with 1:44 left prior to intermission.dddddddddddd Michigan States edge was 34-19 at the break, but EMU made a brief surge and closed within 12, 43-31, on a Brandon Nazione bucket. Denzel Valentine countered with a basket ahead of five in a row by Forbes, the last of it another trey, and it was 50-31 for the Spartans with 11:57 remaining. Eastern Michigan couldnt shrink its deficit below double digits, and trailed by as many as 24 points in the final 80 seconds. There were way more positives than negatives because even though it was a 20 point win, thats a damn good team, said Michigan State coach Tom Izzo. Theyre going to win a lot of games this year, I really believe that. Theyre well coached and they play hard. Game Notes Michigan State has won 29 of the 32 all-time meetings, including 19 of 20 in East Lansing ... Eastern Michigan shot slightly less than 19 percent in the first half and finished at 22.6 percent efficiency (14-of-62) for the contest, including 4-of-22 from beyond the arc ... The Spartans fared a little better, shooting 37.1 percent from the floor (20-of-53), and totaled 24 points in the paint. ' ' '