“I’m disappointed. Disappointed for the fans, disappointed for the Club that we weren’t able to get what we needed, which was three points. We tried to go for it as much as we could, but we didn’t create enough clear-cut moments.
"The biggest chance fell to Isaak [Davies], and it could’ve gone in the back of the net and then we’re ahead with Stoke chasing. We have to deal better with first and second balls into the box. Although it’s a clear handball by Ashley Phillips, we have to deal with it better. It’s very disappointing, and we have four massive games to go, like they have been over the last ten games.
“It was always going to be a cagey game, and there were moments in the first half where we couldn’t apply the press the way we wanted to because they manipulated the ball well. We didn’t create enough when we had the ball, and that was disappointing.
"In the second half we went out to try and win the game. We went with as many attacking options as we could, but moments in games are key, and we’ve lost because of a basic moment that we have to deal with.
“We’ve still got four games to play and twelve points to play for, albeit they are tough games,” Omer concluded. “But if you’re going to get promoted you’ve got to win games, and it’s the same if you want to stay up. If we’re going to do it, we have to do it, it’s as simple as that. If we don’t, then the writing will be on the wall.
"We haven’t done enough today, but Sheffield United have lost their last three games and need to win, so we have to go there and try and win, and we will go there with belief.”
Stoke City boss Mark Robins
"It was a difficult game for many reasons. We both found ourselves in a precarious position and it is difficult after a three-game week.
"That made it the type of game it was - a lot of sloppy play and a lot of things you normally wouldn't expect from either team.
"People were losing their footing, passes were going astray and players making decisions they don't normally make.
"But we ended up with a clean sheet, a goal and three points and that is essentially what it was about. We've got to take it and really enjoy it - this is an experience we have come through and we will learn from it and use it to galvanise us.
"The fans were brilliant and that helps, and it is a big step forward. We will now have a couple of days' breather before working into the Sheffield Wednesday game on Friday.
"We put our bodies on the line and to a man we did what we needed to do. We didn't get everything right, but we were OK and we managed to come out on top.
"We still have a lot of football to play. This was a three-point game for us and we have four games to go, none of them easy, but everyone is in a similar boat."
