Corberan keen to quickly correct Albion failings

Carlos Corberan's Albion are on their worst run since he took charge almost two years ago

West Bromwich Albion boss Carlos Corberan says the simplest way to respond to the Baggies' untimely four-game winless Championship run is to "do things better".

The surrender of a late equaliser at Oxford on Saturday means that Albion, top of the table a month ago, are now down to fifth after a run of just two points out of a possible 12.

They are four points behind leaders Sunderland and level on 18 points with Blackburn Rovers, who they play on Wednesday.

If they lose at Ewood Park, they would be in danger of dropping out of the top six - but Corberan remains largely unconcerned at his side's worst run in terms of points return since he took charge almost two years ago.

"You are happier when you are winning games," Corberan told BBC Radio WM. "And in fact we have been very close to feeling a lot better.

"But my main concern is just to do things better and to make us a more competitive team."

Everything in The Hawthorns garden looked rosy on 21 September when Albion followed a 3-0 win at Portsmouth by edging out Wayne Rooney's Plymouth.

But, despite coming back from two goals down, they lost to a late strike against Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough, lost at home to Middlesbrough, were held to a goalless home draw by Milwall and then shipped another late strike at Oxford.

This is the third time Albion have gone four league games without a win under Corberan.

On the previous two occasions, they did at least draw three of those four games.

But the Spaniard insists that they just have to use their recent failings as important education.

"Every game you learn from," he said. "Every opponent is different.

"The reasons why we haven't won any of these games have been totally different.

"Against Sheffield Wednesday, we had a poor first half because we didn't stop their press.

"Against Middlesbrough we didn't use enough possibilities to find enough chances in the last third.

"In the last game, we had a lot of the ball but could not find a way to break their defensive structure.

"And in this game, it has been more about impact in the last third when we had the box possibilities."

He also pinpointed Albion's basic failure to keep hold of the ball on Saturday when they wasted a throw-in by conceding possession to the home keeper - and Oxford equalised moments later.

"What we can correct more is our game management," he said.