'Avoidable' - Robins' verdict on loss at Norwich
Mark Robins shouts instructions to his Stoke City players during their 4-2 defeat at Norwich City
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Stoke City manager Mark Robins said his team lost focus, concentration and discipline to hand the game to Norwich City in the Potters' 4-2 loss at Carrow Road.
He told BBC Radio Stoke: "All defeats are tough but this one was avoidable.
"We didn't get things right in the press to start with because we ended up being too deep, but you have to realise that comes from being brave and the back line has to be high.
"We grew into it a little bit but the composure wasn't there when we won the ball back because of the weight of pressure.
"We had gone in 1-1 and then we're talking about imposing our game on them by adopting an aggressive mind-set. Then you have a really good chance in the game because they (Norwich) will give you chances, but we lost our focus, our concentration and our discipline."
