Millwall manager Neil Harris claims his side should have been awarded a late penalty in his side's 1-0 defeat at Stoke.

Saido Berahino's header on the hour was enough to give the Potters victory but Harris claims his side were denied a chance of a valuable point in their fight for survival.

Harris was frustrated with the penalty decision that went against his struggling side when Lee Gregory was brought down in the penalty area by Bruno Martins Indi, but referee Chris Kavanagh turned down the appeals.

"I've watched it (the incident) from two different angles and Lee not once takes his eye off the ball, he looks to take the ball down and the defender goes into the back of him, anywhere else on the pitch, in our penalty area, the referee jumps to give it." Harris said.

"I thought Stoke were better with the ball than us, they are a possession-based team, but in the second half, one contact in our penalty and it ends up in the back of the net.

"We should have scored early and Coops (Jake Cooper) should have scored, we should have had a penalty and on the balance of play, the chances we created, we should have got something from the game.

"I thought it was a really, really strong performance from us, winning games is the business we are in, and today was an excellent away performance for us."

Following half-time, Stoke upped the tempo in front of an expectant home crowd, and led on 61 minutes when Berahino reacted first to plant his header from Tom Ince's right-sided cross beyond visiting goalkeeper Jordan Archer.

The Lions should have salvaged a point late on when Cooper glanced Shane Ferguson's corner over the crossbar, before the controversial penalty decision.

The result leaves Millwall in 22nd before crucial games against fellow strugglers Reading and Nottingham Forest.