Mark Robins was pleased with his Stoke City side’s efforts during their 0-0 draw with fellow Championship promotion hopefuls Queens Park Rangers – but he was angered by the challenge which he fears has left striker Divin Mubama with a broken leg.

Mubama, on loan from Manchester City, was stretchered off in the early stages of the second half after being on the receiving end of a challenge from Hoops defender Jimmy Dunne, who was booked for his troubles.

Robins described the tackle as a ‘terrible’ one and although he was heartened by his side’s showing, he indicated that his thin squad must be aided in the transfer window.

He told BBC Radio Stoke: “I’m incredibly proud of the players. I thought they gave us everything again.

“The support was outstanding, they got right behind the team the whole way through. There are things I’m frustrated with that I can’t talk about, but everyone will know what I’m talking about.

“With Divin, it looks like a broken ankle, or broken fibula. It was just a terrible, terrible tackle. There were some blatantly poor decisions.

“I feel aggrieved it’s ended up 0-0 in a game that was disrupted by them in a number of ways. How teams can get away with that in this day and age is beyond me.

“I’m really frustrated because, again, they’ve given everything, we’ve created chances, we’re down to the bare bones and now we’ve got a broken leg.

“We need some help, which is easier said than done, but I’ve got to find a way of patching the team up and getting them out on Wednesday.”