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STOKE, England -- Stoke says Tony Pulis has left as manager by mutual consent, ending his seven-year tenure at the Premier League club. By guiding Stoke to a 13th-place finish this season, Pulis secured the teams status in Englands top division for a fifth straight year but he came under increasing fire for failing to change its direct and physical style of play. Pulis was the second longest-serving manager in the Premier League, behind Arsene Wenger of Arsenal, in the wake of Alex Fergusons retirement from Manchester United last week. Pulis joined Stoke in 2006 for a second spell in charge and received plaudits for guiding the midlands club to the FA Cup final in 2011, where the team lost to Manchester City, and consequently a place in Europe for the first time in 36 years. The decision continues the coaching upheaval in the Premier League this month, with Ferguson leaving United after nearly 27 years and being replaced by Everton manager David Moyes. Everton and Manchester City, which fired Roberto Mancini last week, are on the lookout for a new coach, while Chelsea will also soon be without a manager once Rafa Benitez leaves his interim position. Pulis, who was renowned for wearing a cap and a tracksuit during matches, has never been relegated in his 21 years as a manager and is widely recognized as a coach that makes his teams more effective than the sum of their parts. In 1999, he took tiny Gillingham to within an injury-time goal of promotion to the top flight, and his achievement in keeping Stoke in the Premier League since 2008 may only be appreciated once he is gone. "No denying he did a great job getting them to the Premier League and keeping them there," former England striker Michael Owen, who retired on Sunday after spending the last year of his career at Stoke, said on Twitter. But his playing style and tactics, which usually involve deploying hard-working midfielders and sending long balls to tall strikers, have never been universally loved. In 2010, Wenger accused Stoke of using a rugby-style approach to games, and even the clubs own fans became disgruntled this season. Despite a big outlay on players in recent years, the team was embroiled in a relegation battle until the final week of this season and finished 13th -- six points clear of safety. Pulis was also previously manager of Bournemouth, Bristol, Portsmouth and Plymouth in the lower leagues. His first spell with Stoke was between 2002-05. After Wenger, the longest-serving manager in the Premier League is Alan Pardew, who has been at Newcastle for 2 years, 156 days. 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After slipping from the summit during the week, the Gunners overcame struggling Crystal Palace 2-0 on Sunday thanks to Alex Oxlade-Chamberlains second-half brace.The Kiwis didnt have to look far for motivation going into their Four Nations rugby league opener against England in Huddersfield, skipper Jesse Bromwich says.The New Zealanders began their title defence with a narrow 17-16 win at a sold-out John Smiths Stadium, Shaun Johnsons 64th minute field goal proving the difference.Bromwich said the forwards in particular knew they hadnt performed two weeks ago in folding 26-6 to Australia in Perth.We were pretty disappointed with our last game against Australia as a middle unit, and we knew we had to do better, Bromwich said.We had a little talk during the week about how good the England forward pack was, and we knew we had a big game ahead of us.He said the Kiwis took extra motivation from coming up against English players of the calibre of Sam Burgess, James Graham and Chris Hill.They were severely tested in the opening 20 minutes, but stood strong and England came away with only two Gareth Widdop penalties to show for their efforts.Bromwich says the memory of that stellar defensive effort will stand them in good stead when they clash with Australia next weekend in Coventry.I thought they started the game really well - wwe gave away a couple of penalties there, and we defended our backsides off, he said.ddddddddddddThe lungs were gone at the start, but we did really well to hang in there.I guess we can take a bit of confidence out of that performance. We did it really tough at the start, but we were able to hang in there and grind it out.Celebrating his first win as coach, David Kidwell paid tribute to the impact his bench players made as well as the hard work put in by his starting 13.Jordan Rapana crossed twice, with Johnson adding a third as well as slotting the crucial field goal.Kidwell said it was particularly pleasing to see Johnson making the most of his chances.Im all about players taking the opportunity. He saw one, and it ended up being the winning field goal, Kidwell said.I dont go out and tell people what to do - they obviously believe and have confidence in their ability.Were growing as a team, and trying to improve each week. I thought we made a big step in improvement from our previous game, and were looking forward to improving again. ' ' '