Stoke 'were smarter than before' in Bristol City win

Mark Robins hailed one of the best home performances since he became Stoke City manager after the 5-1 win over Bristol City.

Divin Mubama scored a hat-trick for the Potters as they inflicted a first away loss of the season on their opponents.

"The way we set about things, the intent was there, but the quality was there," Robins told BBC Radio Stoke.

"The understanding from the players, that interplay, the exchange of passes and movement, and the intensity to go and do their jobs in and out of possession.

"They were unbeaten away from home this season before today, they're a good team. We've had probably one of the best performances at home since I came in.

"We talk about the incremental improvements, and you could see today there was a vast improvement, not just incremental.

"The thing for us is to not worry about having to repeat that, because we've seen lots and lots of really good repetitive things in games where we've been really good and smart. Today we were smarter than before."