Pelach 'disappointed' with Cardiff performance

Stoke City head coach Narcis Pelach said he was "angry and disappointed" at how his side lost "way too many" duels in the 2-2 draw with Cardiff.

Andrew Moran put the Potters ahead, but the visitors equalised before the break and then went ahead through Ben Gibson's own goal.

Stoke rescued a point deep into stoppage time with Gibson making amends by heading home the equaliser, but Pelach was "really unhappy" with the performance.

"I'm not pleased at all with what I've seen," Pelach told BBC Radio Stoke.

"You cannot compete in the Championship with this level of duels and second balls. We lost too many throughout the whole game. We need to win the ball back.

"The ball is 50-50 and we need to have the right level of energy for winning it and then you have a chance.

"But if you don't win duels and second balls in this league, it's impossible. So, really disappointed with this performance.

"We save a point at the end with the set-play goal but we have to be much more mature and we have to compete much better than this."

Pelach said the players were aware of his frustration with the result which left Stoke 17th in the table, five points above the drop zone.

"I expressed that unhappiness to the team that if we don't compete much better than that, we don't have a chance in this league," he added.

Listen to Narcis Pelach's post-match interview on BBC Sounds.