Britain Football Soccer - Stoke City v Sunderland - Barclays Premier League - The Britannia Stadium - 30/4/16 Stoke's Peter Crouch Action Images via Reuters / Carl Recine Livepic
(Reuters) - Stoke City forward Peter Crouch said Premier League players would need to adapt to a clampdown by referees on pushing and holding in the penalty area, expressing concern that the new guidelines might lead to a farcical number of penalty awards.
Referee Mike Dean awarded two penalties during Stoke City's 4-1 defeat against Manchester City - one against Stoke's Ryan Shawcross for impeding Nicolas Otamendi, while City's Raheem Sterling was deemed to have unfairly blocked Shawcross for the other.
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