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Stoke City<\/a> midfielder Jermaine Pennant<\/a> has described how he was the target of missiles thrown by Besiktas<\/a> fans during the team’s 3-1 loss in Turkey.<\/p>\n

Pennant was preparing to take a second-half corner when lighters and coins rained down on him from the stands. Striker Ricardo Fuller was also targeted after scoring the Potters’ only goal, according to reports.<\/p>\n

“I was about to take a corner and I was getting pelted with everything, lighters, Euro coins, I was thinking of picking one up and putting it in my sock!” Pennant told The<\/em> Daily Mirror<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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“I didn’t want to take it because every second I could see things flying past me. Until that stopped I didn’t feel comfortable taking the corner and then obviously the referee called me away.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Stoke manager Tony Pulis revealed that the club would not be making a complaint to Uefa, however.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We won’t be complaining to anyone,” he insisted. “We’re Stoke and we don’t complain. Hopefully we’ll have benefited from all this.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Pennant admitted that the fierce atmosphere at the Inonu Stadium had made it difficult for Stoke as they suffered their first loss in the Europa League this season.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I’ve played here before so I know what the atmosphere’s like,” Pennant said. “They had a lot of possession and a lot of creativity but with 11 men we were holding on.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The penalty and going down to 10 men just put us right on the back foot and they got hold of the game.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Stoke had already qualified for the knockout stages of the competition.<\/span><\/p>\n

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