Kurt Zouma is not one to fall to the ground in agony very easily.
But he withered in pain in the Potters’ dressing room when team-mate Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting caught him square in the nuts with a football.
Choupo-Moting filmed the moment when an unsuspected Zouma was casually checking his phone.
With no idea of what was coming, the Cameroonian launched the ball and hit bulls-eye, sparking a chorus of sympathetic groans from the rest of the first-team players.
Zouma, on-loan from Chelsea, let out a painful whimper as he fell onto all fours on the floor.
The 23-year-old didn’t look in a good way as Choupo-Moting struggled to hold back his laughter.