Stoke boss Mark Hughes felt his side had done more than enough to end a run of three straight defeats as they earned a late 1-1 draw at West Ham.
The Hammers looked to have secured the victory after taking an early lead through a superb free-kick by full-back Aaron Creswell.
However, after seeing two efforts from Marko Arnautovic ruled out for offside and a header by substitute Mame Diouf hit the post, the visitors snatched a deserved point five minutes into stoppage time when the Austrian forward crashed the ball into the far corner.
"We are thankful for small mercies, because we did not think we were going to get what we deserved," Hughes said. "I thought we totally dominated the game and should have won it by a country mile.
"We had the setback from the great free-kick early in the game, and it is difficult when you are the away side to come back.
"We showed great resilience and stuck at it, trying to create things, but just lacked that bit of quality at the top end.
"If one of our disallowed goals had counted, I think we would still have had time to go on and win the game.
"We want to better last season's total and are determined now to get something out of all of the matches we have left."
Information from the Press Association was used in this report.