Stoke City boss Tony Pulis blasted the decision to send off Cameron Jerome in their 3-0 Europa League win over Maccabi Tel-Aviv.

Jerome was shown a second yellow card and given his marching orders by Kakos in the 43rd minute of the Europa League clash at the Britannia Stadium having been adjudged to have elbowed Yoav Ziv.

The decision enraged Pulis, who said after the match: "The sending-off kills the game and I think we have got to be very, very careful in respect of competitive sport.

"The game has moved on, players are fitter and quicker and they move the ball quicker.

"To send a player off like he did tonight...I think sometimes, you have to have some common sense.

"The public has paid to watch this game and we are doing it for the public, not for anyone else.

"I didn't see a bad challenge tonight, a bone-crunching one where you would think 'oh my goodness, that could put someone at risk'.

"I think we have to be very careful that we don't spoil what we have got in this country, which is honest competitive people, who want to make challenges.

"That is the big thing about professional football - it is a game of challenges.

"It is not netball, where you can stand off and try to stop them without touching them.

"If we take challenging out of the game, I don't think it will be anywhere near as good as it can be."