THRILLED BEN IS OVER THE MOONWALK

MICHAEL JACKSON fan Ben Pearson reckoned his first goal for six years was a thriller.

- BY JASON MELLOR

The Stoke midfielder unfurled an Off the Wall hybrid of Wacko Jacko's moonwalk and the Peter Crouch robot to celebrate ending a 167-game drought stretching back to October 2019.

Pearson's stunning 30-yard opener and another from Sorba Thomas snapped a run of five defeats in six to reignite the Potters' playoff hopes after a sorry six-week spell threatened to derail their Premier League push.