Baggies look to go back to the beginning

04 February 2011 13:30
West Brom will attempt to recreate their early season form when they take on Manchester City, according to head coach Roberto Di Matteo. The Baggies acquitted themselves well against the likes of Manchester United and Liverpool during the first three months of the season. Di Matteo is hoping the team can draw experience from their away win at Arsenal in September in particular. He said: "We've had some good games and good results against the big teams so we're going to be positive. Even at home against Manchester United we matched them for long periods and we should have got something out of it." Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini publicly stated that he wants to see more commitment from his players after they drew with Birmingham on Wednesday and Di Matteo believes his team need to be wary of any reaction. "They play at home and obviously they've had a couple of results that they weren't happy with," he said. "They are a good team with a lot of dangerous players and can replace players with quality. We will try to put some pressure on them. We are improving and getting better. We've got four points from the last three games."

Source: PA