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Stoke boss Hughes: 'We have to be better and tougher than before'

We’ve won 4-0 in our last three consecutive meetings with the Potters and will be targeting another positive result at the national stadium after a confidence-boosting 3-0 win over APOEL in the Champions League in midweek.

Asked at his pre-match press conference how he feels about coming to Wembley, Hughes told reporters: “There is a perception that they (Spurs) haven’t done too well at Wembley, but they demolished Real Madrid not too long ago. Teams are setting their stall out this year against them and that has affected them.

“Whenever we went up against them we always thought it was the toughest game for us – for whatever reason they always cause us problems.