Stoke City boss Mark Hughes had no complaints after their 3-1 defeat at Sunderland.
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.
He said: "It was not great from us today, to be perfectly honest. 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.
"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."
