Saturday 12 September 2015 20:14, UK
Stoke manager Mark Hughes says his side "weren't good enough" as they dropped to the bottom of the Premier League.
The Potters were humbled 2-0 by Arsenal in a one-sided match where the Gunners had 29 shots on goal.
Goals from Theo Walcott and Oliver Giroud sent Arsenal to their first home win of the season while Stoke remain winless from their first five games.
"Today we weren't good enough to go toe-to-toe with a very good Arsenal team," Hughes said.
"We weren't bright enough in our defensive work. We allowed good players time and space to create and move.
"We just didn't get to the source of the problem. We didn't close people down."
There were positives for Hughes in the performance of goalkeeper Jack Butland and the return as a substitute from a serious knee injury of Bojan Krkic.
"Jack Butland has shown what an outstanding young keeper he is," Hughes said.
"As the season progresses we fully expect he won't have as many opportunities to be man of the match. That's our aim. At the moment he's having too much to do.
"That's a positive, probably the only other one was the reintroduction of Bojan. We're delighted to see him back. On a day of negatives, those were the two highs for us."
