The West Brom manager Steve Clarke has said that he is looking for a response from its players, who were soundly beaten 3-1 by Swansea in the midweek action. West Brom came into the match in the top four spot after having played 14 matches this season.
They have taken impressive results at home on to the away trips as well, but they were unable to do anything against a very good Swansea team. West Brom were below par in this match, which surprised the manager Steve Clarke. He has seen West Brom dominant all the matches since his arrival as a replacement for Roy Hodgson in the summer.
The West Brom manager Steve Clarke has said that he is looking for a response from its players, who were soundly beaten 3-1 by Swansea in the midweek action. West Brom came into the match in the top four spot after having played 14 matches this season.
They have taken impressive results at home on to the away trips as well, but they were unable to do anything against a very good Swansea team. West Brom were below par in this match, which surprised the manager Steve Clarke. He has seen West Brom dominant all the matches since his arrival as a replacement for Roy Hodgson in the summer.
Hence, he has said that the players should be showing a response when they take on Stoke city at the hawthorns during the weekend. The defeat against Swansea was first that they have suffered in the last four matches, which have been four consecutive victories. This has allowed them to open a three-point advantage over the fifth placed team Tottenham. As a result of this gap, they have been able to maintain their top four spot. West Brom were expected to fight against relegation this season, but they are challenging for a top four spot, which is surprising a lot of people.
“If we had got it to 3-2 it may have been different but we didn’t and I can sit here and say we deserved to lose. The players put themselves in a hole and in the second half I challenged them to get out of the situation and to be fair they did that. We had a chat about what we did wrong, and what we needed to do better and they did do better,” said the West Brom manager, who will identify the Arsenal match as the one tough fixture over the next five matches.