Fuming Mark Robins slams ‘ridiculous’ moment and speaks out what ‘started to happen’ at Millwall
Stoke City left the New Den with nothing to show for their performance after conceding a late penalty
Mark Robins was left fuming by the penalty decision which cost Stoke City a deserved point at Millwall.
The Potters seemed to have secured a 0-0 draw at the New Den when Ben Wilmot was deemed to have pulled down Josh Coburn as Stoke struggled to clear a throw-in.
Referee Andy Davies pointed to the spot and Mihailo Ivanovic bagged the only goal of the game in the 93rd minute. Robins was not happy.
Mark Robins was left fuming by the penalty decision which cost Stoke City a deserved point at Millwall.
The Potters seemed to have secured a 0-0 draw at the New Den when Ben Wilmot was deemed to have pulled down Josh Coburn as Stoke struggled to clear a throw-in.
Referee Andy Davies pointed to the spot and Mihailo Ivanovic bagged the only goal of the game in the 93rd minute. Robins was not happy.
“It’s never a penalty,” he told Sky Sports. “What started to happen in the second half is they attach themselves to you. He’s grabbed our player’s arm and then he’s rolled him. As he’s rolled around with him, he’s taking him down with him.
“It’s never been a penalty, never a penalty in a million years. The game was a poor game. I thought there was not much quality in it. It looked typical after a Wednesday game.
“In the second half we got sucked into playing the way they play. We stopped playing, that’s a disappointment.
“Also when you’ve got a chance to clear the ball away we didn’t do it with any quality, it kept coming back, kept coming back obviously then the weight of the game becomes an issue.
“At the end of it we’ve given a really poor throw-in away. Really poor decisions that lead up to that, but then we’ve got to head the ball away and and deal with it.
“It’s the second time in a week we’ve not done it. We’ve thrown two points away in two games.”
Stoke were not without opportunities Bae Jun-ho hit the crossbar, while Wouter Burger was clean through only to hit the goalkeeper with the goal at his mercy.
Robins says failing to convert those openings left his team vulnerable.
“A big chance you’ve got to take them, there were just some really strange decisions today because we were making decent inroads in their defence but we picked the wrong option.
“I know Koumas was through on the left hand side and he chose to play through the centre, that would have been a big chance as well.
“But yeah, we’ve got to take those chances when they come along and if not, you run the risk – and we’ve run the risk of a ridiculous penalty decision.”
