Tony Pulis: 'I'm privileged to have good relationship with owners'

Stoke City manager Tony Pulis has insisted that he is "very privileged" to have a strong relationship with the club's owners following Chelsea interim manager Rafael Benitez's outburst.

The former Liverpool boss accused the West London outfit of making a "massive mistake" by giving him an interim title when he replaced Roberto Di Matteo in November.

"What goes on at Chelsea goes on at Chelsea, I can't control that," BBC Sport quotes Pulis as saying. "Every manager has a different relationship with chairmen. I'm very privileged to have the [Coates] family here, who are absolutely fantastic people."

Meanwhile, Pulis has claimed that defender Robert Huth 'let himself down' when he was given a three-match ban for violent conduct.