But as usual in these situations of late, the performance was woeful and in truth the home side could have easily won the game 3 or 4-0.
Second-half goals from Antolin Alcaraz and Victor Moses was enough to give Wigan the points against a Stoke side that looked like they had one eye on their holidays and couldn’t be bothered with this football nonsense.
There was also an incident in the game in which Emmerson Boyce looked like he was going to take Matty Etherington’s ankle off.
Pulis said: "I'm more upset with the way we played.
"I thought Wigan were the better team, they played better on the day. It's very difficult for me to be critical of the team and the players because we've done so well lately and we've had a real tough run of games.
"There's incidents in every game you can pick out but it doesn't take away from the fact Wigan deserved the three points."