It might well have been a different scoreline had Pogrebnyak received the red card he deserved for his assault on Wilson Palacious soon after opening the scoring for the home side.
Pulis was rightfully left fuming that the Fulham player did not receive his marching orders for a tackle that was way, way worse than the one put in by Robert Huth the previous week, a tackle that he was sent off for.
After fluking a second goal, Stoke hit back in the last 20 minutes or so and were rewarded with a glancing header from Ryan Shawcross.
But although Stoke threw everything at the home side in the final quarter hour, they could not get the all important leveller.
Pulis said: "I'm not sure we just came to life in the last 10 minutes.
"We did very well in the second half and we were the better team. We just aren't getting the breaks at the moment.
"We gave them a leg-up with the two goals, two poor goals.
"In the second half I thought we were the ones, though Kenwyne missed a great chance to make it 2-1 in the first half.
"I was really pleased with the way we fought back. Ryan got the goal and we could have got a second one, but we aren't getting the breaks.
"Last week we had Robert Huth sent off for a challenge where he is going in and has pulled his two feet away and had both feet facing the ground.
"We have seen a challenge today from the Russian lad on Palacios where he catches Wilson on the knee. The referee didn't see it.
"Kevin Friend, the fourth official, is stood where we are and it was a very poor challenge.
"The kid doesn't even get a yellow card. The inconsistency in respect of incidents this season is really, really poor.
"I am really disappointed. Last week we had a player sent off. This week, for a worse challenge, and I think you will watch and agree, the lad doesn't even get a yellow card."