Tigers were wrongly tamed - Brown

30th November 2008

Hull manager Phil Brown believes his side was robbed of another Barclays Premier League away win after fellow new-boys Stoke levelled through a late penalty.

Brown blasted the decision by referee Keith Stroud to award the spot kick in the 73rd minute after Ricardo Fuller tumbled under the challenge of goalkeeper Boaz Myhill.

Fuller converted from 12 yards to cancel out Jamaican team-mate Marlon King's opener on the stroke of half-time.

"We've been robbed by a poor decision, in my opinion," said Brown, whose side were on course for a fifth away win. "It wasn't a spectacle by any stretch of the imagination.

"But we came in 1-0 up - I said the first goal in the game would be important and it should have been enough to win it - but we were a little bit undone by a dubious decision.

"It was a very theatrical dive. You have to be 100% right when you make decisions like that and I don't think you can be in that situation."