It seemed little could go wrong for the Potters after first-half headers from Kenwyne Jones and Jerome and a finish from Ryan Shotton had put them firmly in the driving seat.
They were reduced to 10 men in the 43rd minute as Jerome collected a second yellow card having been - somewhat harshly - adjudged to have elbowed Yoav Ziv, but the Maccabi player was then shown red in a bizarre incident early in the second half and the hosts had little trouble seeing out the victory from there.
Source: PA
Source: PA