FA Cup

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FA Cup | Fourth Round

Jan 26, 2015 at 8pm UK

Rochdale
1-4
Stoke Stoke City

Bennett (78')

FT(HT: 0-1)

Krkic (4'), Ireland (52'), Moses (61'), Walters (93')

Mark Hughes: "We got the job done"

By Alex Meyers, Reporter

Published: January 26 2015 | 22:43

Last updated: January 27 2015 | 11:08

Mark Hughes says that Stoke City 'made headlines for the right reasons' by beating Rochdale in their FA Cup fourth-round tie.

Stoke City manager Mark Hughes has said that his players were determined to avoid an FA Cup upset in their match against Rochdale this evening.

An early goal from Bojan Krkic helped the Potters to ease to a 4-1 win against the League One side, as they set up a fifth-round tie at Blackburn Rovers.

"We got the job done but credit to Rochdale," he told BBC Sport. "In the first half we found it difficult. We had a great goal from Bojan which helped us and in the second half we got to grips with them and turned it around.

"At the weekend a lot of teams fell by the wayside and we weren't going to let that happen to us. We wanted to make headlines for the right reasons and thankfully Rochdale haven't made the news."

Stoke will return to league action on Saturday with a home match against Queens Park Rangers.