Stoke boss unhappy with display

Pulis made 10 changes from the side which beat Tottenham at the weekend, but did expect better from his weakened line-up.

“The four we conceded were very poor goals to give away and were typified by Glenn Whelan falling over the ball for their fourth,” he said.

“When we got in Pompey’s final third there were at least five occasions where our final ball was absolutely shocking.

“If we’d picked people out we’d have had great opportunities ourselves.

“Between both boxes we did okay, but games are won or lost in the final third. We weren’t good enough at both ends.”

He added: “I was expecting us to have a go at Portsmouth and I’m disappointed we didn’t.

“Those 10 players haven’t played together much this season so you can’t expect them to go out and put in a great performance.”