Boss Mark Robins said Stoke City lacked energy and quality in the 2-2 draw with Leicester City, but said his side are struggling to cope with the number of players missing through injury.
Robins told BBC Radio Stoke that "poor execution and poor decision-making contributed to his side surrendering a 1-0 half-time lead.
"We can be critical. I'm certainly critical," Robins added. "But on the other hand, we've got a group of players that have been put together now waiting for people to come back to give us that extra bit of quality, bit of depth and that ability to go and make changes to improve things.
"Hopefully we can get the injured lads back really quickly because we need them.
"Leicester have got better individuals than us, at present, and I thought we'd done brilliantly well to make it as difficult as possible.
"In the second half, they tried to put us on the back foot and we allowed that to happen, and that was the frustration. There was a lack of energy in the second half."