Stoke Couldn't 'Kill Off' Toon Spirit!

Last updated : 13 April 2009 By Footy Mad - Editor
Pulis: "Everybody will talk about the last 15 minutes when Newcastle came into the game more, but for the previous 75 we were smashing.

"So we're desperately disappointed we never scored another goal in that period because if we had we would have gone on and won the game comfortably.

"In the first 10 minutes of the second half we had a number of opportunities with balls dropping in the box, and you are wondering how they don't hit the back of the net.

"The big disappointment is when you are on top like that you have to score your goals, particularly when you know one goal is often not enough at this level.

"You are playing against good sides who will have a period of the game, and they had their period in the last 10 to 15 minutes.

"But don't anybody kid themselves - I thought we were the better team over the 90 minutes."