Stoke City: My worst cup experience, says Pulis

by Michael Baggaley

STOKE City manager Tony Pulis described this afternoon's embarrassing defeat at Hartlepool as his worst managerial result in the FA Cup.

Goals from Michael Nelson, on 49 minutes, and David Foley, on 76 minutes, gave the League One side a deserved 2-0 victory to condemn Stoke to their fourth successive defeat.

Pulis said: "I am desperately disappointed to get beaten in the third round of the FA Cup. The game wasn't a classic, but we knew it wasn't going to be.

"Up until they got the goal, I thought we were OK. I couldn't see them being a threat to be honest, but as soon as they scored the goal, they deserved to win the game from that point onwards."

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