Di Matteo hails "hard-fought" win

Published: 04 Feb 2010 - 13:06:51

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West Brom head coach Roberto Di Matteo admitted his side were made to fight all the way for their 3-2 win over Blackpool.Albion edged a thrilling encounter with Graham Dorrans lashing home the winning penalty with seven minutes remaining.Keith Southern had given Pool the lead but two strikes from Roman Bednar gave the promotion hopefuls the edge going into the break.Stephen Dobbie then looked to have secured the hosts a point when he levelled after 80 minutes only for Dorrans to crush their hopes from the spot shortly after.Di Matteo said: "This was a really hard-fought match. We have to dig in and fight for the points. Not many teams come here and go away with anything but I am delighted with my players' performance."We took our chances well and Roman Bednar did his job up front with two well-taken goals."