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Stoke City's Robert Huth Handed Three-Match Ban For Violent Conduct
German facing suspension after striking Matthew Upson.

Stoke City defender Robert Huth has been handed a three-game ban by the FA after admitting a charge of violent conduct.

The charge related to an incident in the Potters weekend game with West Ham United when Huth struck Matthew Upson's head with his arm.

Although the referee didn't see the incident at the time, television evidence proved Huth's guilt and the German international admitted he was in the wrong in a club statement issues earlier this week.

Huth's previous disciplinary record is good. He has received only one red card in an eight-year Premier League career.

However, that counts for little now and he is out of Saturday's game with Tottenham Hotspur.

Zack Wilson, Goal.com

can Spurs withstand the might of James Beattie?

Stoke 1-0 up

Stoke goal: The Potters have gone absolutely mental - they have pulled off an astounding hit-and-run at White Hart Lane. Ricardo Fuller does brilliantly to barge his way past Benoit Assou-Ekotto down the Stoke right and he gets into the area and pulls it back for Glenn Whelan, who magnificently arcs the ball past Heurelho Gomes and in-off the far post. Smashing finish.

spurs down to 10 men, Lennon has gone off injured and 3 subs had already been done

oh dear for spurs, finishes 1-0 for Stoke

Go on you mighty Potters! Great effort by Fuller and a very good away win for Stoke, helpful for United too

any reason why Sorensen didn't start, that could have been a few nice points on the fantasy footie

1446: Late change to the Stoke team with keeper Thomas Sorensen taken ill and Steve Simonsen filling in between the sticks. The Potters fan sat behind me groans at the news.

depending where you look we had between 65-70% of the possession and took 20 shots with around 10 on target, you can't lose those types of games.....

You can mate ..this is football ..How on earth spurs didnt score and stoke wins with their first shot on goal ...

In a fantastic pot/kettle moment, Stoke's Matt Etherington accused Spurs of going for the route one approach at the Lane on Saturday.

He's quoted in The Daily Mirror as saying: "Towards the end they were running out of ideas and were just lumping it towards Peter Crouch. In the last 20 minutes we weren't doing that, we were passing it about. We do have that side to our game."

Eyes a little left on the page, and The Mirror's match stats show that Spurs have 64% of the possession, and had a pass completion rate of 80%, next to Stoke's 70%.

Also, if Spurs did go for the aerial route, perhaps that was to avoid getting their ankles chopped. Three Stoke players were booked and they committed 19 fouls to Spurs' ten.

I guess i should have said, you shouldn't lose games like that....not if you want to be seriously considered a threat to the top 4