Bruce: “It was a difficult evening”

West Brom boss Steve Bruce admitted it was a difficult evening for him and his team as they were beaten by the better side with the Swans coming away with a 2-0 victory.

Goals from Joel Piroe and Cyrus Christie delivered a perfect response after three consecutive losses away from home and ensured a happy trip home for Russell Martin’s team and the hardy away following.

Bruce is yet to win as manager of the Baggies in his fifth game and his side have failed to score in three successive home games for the first time since 2003 under Gary Megson.

After tonight’s performance there’s clearly a lot for Bruce to do to revive West Brom’s now distant play off hopes as Swansea moved to within five points of his team with the three points.

He told the WBA official site: “I’m really disappointed, just like everyone else at the club.

“We have to handle the situations better than what we’re doing at the moment.

“I understand we’re in a difficult place and we’re in a bad run, but from the first five minutes of the game the decisions we made and the balls we were playing were a big problem for us.

“It was a difficult evening.

“We made mistakes. To play here you’ll know there are big expectations. The club expects to be at the top end of the Championship or in the Premier League.

“You have to handle the expectation. At the moment, we’re simply not doing that.

“It’s alright saying we’ve got a really good squad of players on paper. We’re not seeing enough of that on the pitch.

“I’m disappointed not just with the manner in which we conceded goals, but it all started in the second minute when the first corner we had was played in too low.

“There were too many players nervous and anxious. There wasn’t enough confidence. It’s up to me to try and breathe confidence into them.

“It might have been different if the two Robinson efforts go in rather than hitting the post, but we can’t be happy with the performance.

“We expect to be a lot better than that, and that’s the disappointment.”