Stoke City 2 - 1 Tottenham Hotspur: Redknapp has choice words for referee as Stoke halt Spurs’ run

Spurs had a goal disallowed and two penalty appeals for handball turned down, as Stoke survived a frantic second half to end the London side’s six-game winning run in the Barclays Premier League.

Stoke took a 2-0 lead with a first-half double from former Spurs midfielder Matthew Etherington, but the visitors set up a thrilling finish after Emmanuel Adebayor replied from the spot.

Adebayor was denied a second goal by an offside flag after Ryan Shawcross appeared to have handled on the line in the most dramatic passage of play.

Jermain Defoe also thought one of his shots was blocked by a hand, while Redknapp was incensed by a red card shown to Younes Kaboul by referee Chris Foy.

Redknapp said: “We came away with nothing because there were two blatant handballs on the line and Adebayor was two yards onside when the ball was played to him. That’s why we've come away with nothing.

“We were poor first half, I hold my hand up. We didn’t play well.

“But we changed it at half-time and in the second half we battered them.

“Unfortunately, a couple of decisions he [Foy] got completely and utterly wrong. I’m sure if you watch the TV you’ll see it.

“When the ball gets rattled in and the fella on the line goes like that with his arm, it’s handball.

“Kaboul gets a booking for saying to the referee it was a penalty, then he gets another yellow card near the end for an innocuous … that was no worse a challenge … it was a foul but …”

Redknapp said he spoke to Foy after the game about his decisions.

He said: “I never complain about referees’ decisions – I have not done it in 30 years of management, never.

“But today, I’m afraid, he got some badly wrong.

“He'll look at it on TV, when his wife is making him a bacon sandwich, and think, ‘Oh **** me, what have I done there?’”