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Stoke boss Pulis wants personal revenge on FA Cup final opponents Man City

Stoke City boss Tony Pulis has his own history against FA Cup final opponents Manchester City.

He wants to beat Manchester City in the FA Cup final - to banish the painful memory of losing to them in 1999.

The Stoke boss, until yesterday, had not been back to Wembley since a cruel Second Division play-off defeat with Gillingham.

Pulis' Gills threw away a two-goal lead with two minutes left against City and then lost on penalties.

And after his current club's magnificent 5-0 win over Bolton, he said: "It will mean more against City.

"We didn't deserve to lose that game and I had never been back to Wembley for a game since because of it.

"But it made me a stronger person. You take things out of defeat as well as victory.

"The final will be tough, they've had a lot of money thrown at it. But we'll do our best, as we have here."

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