West Brom were aware of Brighton's set-piece struggles - Brunt

By The Newsroom
Published 15th Jan 2018, 12:13 BST
Updated 8th Jun 2018, 05:55 BST
West Brom celebrate their second goal against Brighton on Saturday. Picture by Phil Westlake (PW Sporting Photography)West Brom celebrate their second goal against Brighton on Saturday. Picture by Phil Westlake (PW Sporting Photography)
West Brom celebrate their second goal against Brighton on Saturday. Picture by Phil Westlake (PW Sporting Photography)
Midfielder Chris Brunt admitted West Brom knew about Brighton's fragility defending set-pieces and it was something they had worked on prior to their 2-0 victory on Saturday.

Both of West Brom's goals came from corners and Brighton have now conceded the most goals from set-pieces in the Premier League this season. Jonny Evans headed home the opener on four minutes, after Jay Rodriguez flicked on Matt Phillips' corner, before Craig Dawson headed home the second from Brunt's set-piece.

The victory ended a 20-game winless run in the Premier League for the Baggies and Brunt admitted they had worked on their set-pieces before the game.

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He said: "The first goal was something we'd touched on, with trying to get the first contact at the near post. Jay flicked it on and Jonny has done really well to head it in.

"The second goal was something we spoke about at half-time, trying to get Daws a bit of a clearer run at the ball. We did that and you know the lads we've got, especially Daws and G (Gareth McAuley) when he comes on, Solomon (Rondon), Ahmed (Hegazi), whoever, they'll go and attack the ball well and we showed that today and it was nice to get the win."

Asked if West Brom knew about Brighton's struggles defending corners, Brunt said: "You speak about it and stuff during the week. We knew they'd conceded goals from set-plays but to be fair to them, they're good on s