Premier League: Stoke boss Mark Hughes wants more after Sunderland loss
Sunday 5 October 2014 13:11, UK
Stoke boss Mark Hughes believes his side performed below the level they are capable of in the defeat to Sunderland.
The visitors were very much in the game at 1-1, but some slack defending allowed Sunderland to regain the lead very quickly, and Stoke never looked like getting back in the match after that.
Hughes, whose Stoke side had won 2-1 at Sunderland in the Capital One Cup 11 days earlier, admitted the visitors had got what they deserved.
"It was not great from us today to be perfectly honest," Hughes told Sky Sports.
"We didn't really defend correctly or with any kind of purpose in that opening period and as a consequence, we gave up two goals, two really easy goals.
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"Sunderland, to their credit, were able to win the game quite comfortably. We didn't ask enough questions of them. They probably had three strikes on goal and scored three goals."
Hughes revealed after the game that Victor Moses, who lasted just 18 minutes, had limped off with a recurrence of the thigh problem he felt after Monday night's win over Newcastle.
"We have got two or three players who are going to be out for a while, which doesn't look good," Hughes added. "We need a squad."
