Stoke City defender Danny Higginbotham admits their defeat to West Ham will raise doubts over their Premiership survival chances.

"People outside the football club are going to be doubting us now," said Higginbotham.

"But we're here for the long haul and we'll be scraping for every point that we can to make sure that we stay in this league.

"We were down in the dressing room after the West Ham game, but now we've dealt with it and we'll move on."