Carlos Corberan upset at West Brom 'risk' after vital Hull City win
West Bromwich Albion ended their winless run with a 2-1 victory at Hull City to move into fifth place in the Championship
As pleased as he was with West Brom’s 2-1 victory at Hull City, Albion boss Carlos Corberan hit out at the scheduling that saw his team play on Thursday night and then again on Sunday afternoon.
The Baggies scored early first-half goals from Karlan Grant and Josh Maja and held on even though Joao Pedro pulled out back just before half time, to win for the first time in eight matches.
The victory snapped a run of six straight draws and came after a short-turnaround following the 0-0 draw with Burnley. Corberan felt compelled to make his point.
“We arrived to this game in a very difficult physical challenge because we played Thursday night,” he said. “The minimum (gap between games) for me should be 72 hours – in my opinion this is a risk.
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“We played against an opponent not in similar physical conditions because they played two days earlier. It’s not an excuse but we knew to achieve a positive result the level of strong mentality had to be key.”
Corberan, who was in charge of West Brom for the 100th time, added: “I’m very satisfied with the mentality of the team – the effort and the commitment has been amazing.
“I value the mentality of the players because when you don’t win games you can get frustrated and give up. Hull are a very good team with very good players. It’s true that under their coach they do something that is totally different to other teams.
“Their types of rotations make it more of a tactical challenge and, with the physical challenge, we didn’t have time to prepare.
“We were very resilient. As a coach I will always want to make our fans proud of the team. We had some good moments, but we are not performing at the level I want.
“I feel unbelievably proud to lead this club for 100 games, but the most important thing is to make the fans proud.”