Source: Eurosport
Mowbray Wants Top Two
West Brom manager Tony Mowbray has named the two players he needs to turn his side around.[LNB]"Give us Rio Ferdinand at the back and Fernando Torres up front and I suggest we would be in the top 10," he quipped following the 4-2 defeat by Manchester City.[LNB]"We are just a few ingredients short of having a good team to challenge in the Premier League."[LNB]The reality is they were nudged closer to the Coca-Cola Championship after extending their run without a league win to 11 games.[LNB]Yet West Brom were in sight of a point after a brace from Chris Brunt hauled them level at Eastlands following goals from Robinho and Nedum Onuoha.[LNB]However, Mowbray's side caved in after Jonas Olsson conceded a needless penalty, which Elano converted, and substitute Daniel Sturridge added a fourth in stoppage time.[LNB]West Brom are nine points from safety with only five matches remaining and the short-term future looks increasingly bleak.[LNB]Mowbray has promised his team will fight to the end - they entertain fellow strugglers Sunderland on Saturday.[LNB]He said: "Why would we give in when we do not have to? We have a good chance of winning our next game.[LNB]"I cannot gauge how other teams are going to do, so we will just play our matches and see what happens.[LNB]"We look like a very spirited team against City with a lot of drive on the back of not winning in 10 games. That is great credit to the players."[LNB]Mowbray felt City's second goal should have been disallowed as he claimed goalkeeper Scott Carson was impeded.[LNB]He said: "It was an obvious foul that was not picked up. But you have got to take it on the chin.[LNB]"But we came back into the game, then shot ourselves in the foot by giving away a penalty straight after.[LNB]"Ultimately we were not good enough. We missed chances and conceded four goals."[LNB]City have an outside chance of clinching seventh place, which may yield a European place.[LNB]The only downside was a hamstring injury sustained by Pablo Zabaleta, which could see him sidelined.[LNB]Manager Mark Hughes said: "We needed a win to keep in touch and we have done that. We are in the mix.[LNB]"At times we did not have enough energy to stop West Brom's creative play but we showed a lot of commitment, dug in and got the result we wanted."[LNB]
