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Peter Coates blasts Stoke players for 'limp display' in thrashing by Tottenham Hotspur

Stoke chairman Peter Coates has launched a scathing attack on the players that were beaten 4-0 at Tottenham.

Spurs raced into a 3-0 lead after 37 minutes with Harry Kane netting a hat-trick before Dele Alli added a fourth before the break.

It was an easy win for Mauricio Pochettino's men and Coates was far from impressed with what he saw with only Egyptian winger Ramadan Sobhi exempt from criticism.

Ryan Shawcross looks dejected as Stoke were thrashed 4-0 by Spurs on Sundayu00a0
Ryan Shawcross looks dejected as Stoke were thrashed 4-0 by Spurs on Sunday

Coates told the Stoke Sentinel: 'It was a very limp performance, very poor, very disappointing.