Allen enjoying new No 10 role

The former Liverpool midfielder has proven to be a surprise hero for the Potters, scoring four goals in nine Premier League games. 

The Welshman managed to score just four Premier League goals in his whole time at Liverpool, but puts his recent goalscoring down to playing a more advanced position for his new club.

"I think the biggest change has been the position," Allen told 'Sky Sports'. "Obviously things seem to have fallen my way as well but I've been given a much more advanced role here, which means I'm getting myself into more goal-scoring positions.

"We've also got players in this team with creativity, and they've been able to put a few things on a plate for me. I'm obviously not the type of player who will tower over and score headers or be a handful for centre-halves, but there are different ways of picking up goals and they're the type [I've been scoring] recently.

"The way the team has been set up provides a platform for the likes of me, with Marko Arnautovic and Xherdan Shaqiri roaming on the left and right, and that ability to interchange has been one of the reasons it's worked".