Heurelho Gomes says Peter Crouch is lying on Stoke’s long throws making him cry
Heurelho Gomes has called out former team-mate Peter Crouch for alleging Stoke City's long throws made him cry.
The former England international made the claim on his podcast when referencing how teams used to fear visiting the Britannia Stadium.
Known for its rugged surface, windy conditions and tough-tackling team, Stoke made their home ground a fortress during their 10-year stay in the Premier League.
But not often did the poor conditions actually turn a professional footballer to tears.
Though that was the case in 2008 when visitors Tottenham experienced a torrid time in Staffordshire.
Enduring their worst ever start to a Premier League campaign, Spurs picked up just two points from their opening eight fixtures with the 2-1 defeat to newly promoted Stoke signalling Juande Ramos' final game in charge.
And midway through the contest, shot-stopper Gomes was pictured crying which Crouch claimed was due to the peppering of long throws at the Spurs backline, despite the former England striker playing for Portsmouth at the time.
Speaking exclusively to Ladbrokes at its launch of the 5-A-Side Bet on Chelsea v Tottenham, Gomes attempted to put the record straight.
"Alan Hutton knew exactly how to wind up fans; I love him. I forgive him for the time he almost broke my ribs…
"I remember it was a rainy day and I was coming out to collect a cross; I dive to my right and Alan comes sliding in two-footed.
'It wasn't intentional and under normal circumstances, he probably wouldn't have connected with me, but because of the rain he continued to slide straight into me.
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"It was near the beginning of my time at Tottenham, and I ended up playing so many matches carrying that problem.
"There's one game fans remember because I was criticised for crying – but people don't know the reason for that.
"It was a problem I was having with my ribs. I would get injections all the time to help me through the pain and to play games, and it was a game against Stoke where there were so many balls just flying into the box all afternoon.
"Peter Crouch said on his podcast that I was crying because of the Stoke players making my day difficult. It wasn't that, at all; it was because of the sheer pain I was in.
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"Every time I was trying to collect the ball, someone was catching me in my ribs.
I believe on that occasion, on that afternoon, my body just didn't take to the injections, or I must not have had them – and I cried because of the pain I was in.
"Peter Crouch thinks the Stoke team made me cry because I was worried about their throw-ins? That's just not the case at all.
"You can see the footage; watch it back, you can see I'm in pain and I'm holding my ribs – and all of this came from that Alan Hutton tackle!"
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