Stoke City manager Paul Lambert hailed Badou Ndiaye's eye-catching debut as a silver lining to Saturday's late 2-1 loss away to Bournemouth.
Senegal international Ndiaye was lively throughout his first Premier League appearance before being withdrawn on 71 minutes at the Vitality Stadium.
A deadline day arrival from Galatasaray for a fee of £14 million, the midfielder supplied the cross for Xherdan Shaqiri's early opener and went close to scoring midway through the first half.
And despite seeing his side slip back into the bottom three, Lambert found plenty of positives in Ndiaye's encouraging performance.
"I thought he was excellent.