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International breaks continue to be the scourge of the Premier League fixture list but such is the wealth of talent at Mark Hughes' disposal these days, Stoke fans were at least treated to several of their players featuring in games for their respective countries.
Arguably the most encouraging highlights from those games were Marko Arnautovic continuing his impressive run of form in front of goal for Austria, and the lesser-spotted Xherdan Shaqiri coming out of hiding to star for Switzerland.