WEST BROMWICH, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 15: Carlos Corberan Head Coach / Manager of West Bromwich Albion during the post match press conference after the Sky Bet Championship between West Bromwich Albion and Blackburn Rovers at The Hawthorns on February 15, 2023 in West Bromwich, United Kingdom. (Photo by Adam Fradgley/West Bromwich Albion FC via Getty Images)
Carlos Corberan airs frustration over West Brom’s failure to learn.
Albion boss Carlos Corberan is fed up with his side’s failure to learn lessons after two points were dropped at Oxford.
he Baggies were stung in stoppage time at the Kassam Stadium as Dane Scarlett rose to power in a header to cancel out Karlan Grant’s first-half strike.
A share of the spoils made it four Championship games without a win for the Baggies as they struggle to rediscover the heights of the opening month of the campaign.
Asked about harsh lessons coming the way of his side, a frustrated Corberan said: “The problem with the lessons is we are not in school and the problem with lessons is that in elite football you need to take everything in before you suffer the consequence of the lesson, because these are the possibilities you have to add more points.”
Carlos Corberan points finger after ‘regretful’ West Brom draw at Oxford United.
West Bromwich Albion boss Carlos Corberan has pinpointed what went wrong in the 1-1 draw away at Oxford United.
The Baggies looked set to be heading home with all three points courtesy of Karlan Grant’s first-half opener, but a lapse of concentration in the dying embers of the match allowed Dane Scarlett to net a stoppage-time equaliser for the Us.
Oxford, beaten just three times in 10 games, have started the season superbly following their promotion from League One. Even so, Albion will have seen their trip to Kassam Stadium as a must-win and there’s great frustration that points were dropped at the death.
Corberan has admitted poor game management cost West Brom victory on Saturday afternoon. The head coach has demanded his players pay closer attention to maintaining control in the latter stages of games to avoid the same happening again.
“The way we have lost our lead shows that we should have managed the last few minutes of the game better,” Corberan said in the post-match press conference.
