Stoke's Alex Neil: "I thought we had an absolute stonewall penalty. I was really frustrated. I've seen it back and it's not a debate for me and those decisions decide games for us. That's a key decision in the match and they got it wrong.
"Arguably 2-2 was a fair result, but we 100 per cent deserved that penalty. If we get that there's an opportunity to go 3-1 up and then the likelihood is the game is taken away from them. I don't think we started well, but the pleasing thing is we've really struggled to come from a goal down in the past and we responded well today."
Cardiff's Mark Hudson: "I think we got away with one penalty if I'm honest, but we've had stuff go against us this season and sometimes it evens itself out. They probably feel really aggrieved with that and we may have got away with it.
"Overall, I think a draw's a fair result. We took our foot off the gas after the first goal and our concentration slipped and it took us quite a while to reorganise. It was a bit frantic. Second half, we got in and spoke honestly about a few things and the substitutes came on with a huge impetus and swung it our way. Maybe we could have taken three points, but I think that would have been harsh."