"The thing with Fernando and Robbie is every player has periods when they don't score. But they are fantastic players," said the Spaniard.
"The only problem is that the shots aren't going in for them at the moment, but I'm sure they will score a lot of goals. But Stoke was a very difficult match for the forwards. Sometimes they had a line of nine men defending so it was hard to break through
"We knew before the match it would be like that so it wasn't a surprise. We tried many times to score but it was one of those typical games where if you don't score quickly it becomes more and difficult because they just get more and more men behind the ball."