Stoke City boss Mark Hughes admits a weekend of FA Cup shocks inspired his players to their 4-1 win at Rochdale.
Stoke did not fall into the same trap as their rivals as goals from Bojan Krkic, Stephen Ireland, Jon Walters and Victor Moses were enough to see off League OneRochdale on Monday night.
"I mentioned what happened to the players over the weekend before the match. It would have been foolish not to," the Stoke manager said.
"I needed to make sure there was a real focus to us as a group.
"There was a reason why the television cameras were here - people were hoping for an upset, but we didn't want to be a part of that. We didn't want it to happen."
