Reflecting on his first season in England ahead of last year’s FA Cup final, Manchester City playmaker David Silva felt that their opponent that day epitomized the cultural differences he had experienced since leaving Valencia and La Liga more than any other. “There isn’t a Spanish Stoke,” he told The Guardian.   The tallest team in the Premier League didn’t daunt one of its smallest players. Bear in mind that Silva, at least according to his former coach Luis Aragonés, is in possession of some the “biggest balls” in the game. There’s little obvious machismo to his style of play, but as Stoke were to find out, he proved a constant thorn in their side at Wembley, conjuring and squandering a number of chances…