Mark Robins described the defeat by West Bromwich Albion as "frustrating" and it's hard to disagree.
Stoke could have had penalty of goals. They hit the post through Divin Mubama and saw Bae Jun-ho fire wide when well placed. They probably deserved at least a point.
It took a rare error from Viktor Johansson to gift Albion a goal and whilst they always looked a threat, it wasn't a game in which the Swedish goalkeeper was overly busy.
The same could probably be said about his opposite number Josh Griffiths, and the biggest takeaway from this game and the first four games of the season is that games involving teams at the right end of the Championship will be tight and like this one, could go any one of three ways.