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West Brom boss Steve Clarke calm on goals

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West Brom boss Steve Clarke today dismissed concerns about his side's goal shortage and insisted the Baggies will return to winning ways.

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The Hawthorns head coach backed his strikers to return to the scoresheet after his side went more than five hours without a goal.

The Baggies have drawn a blank in their last three games and last scored through Romelu Lukaku in the 3-1 defeat at Swansea on November 28.

But Clarke, whose team are winless in four games but ended a run of three straight losses by drawing 0-0 with West Ham on Sunday, is staying calm.

He said: "I don't look at statistics, I look at the way the team is playing and the team has been playing OK.

"I have got nothing to worry about in terms of goalscoring because we have proved this season that we can score goals.

"At the moment, the bounce of the ball or the rub of the green is not quite going for us and we knew on Sunday that we had to stop a run of three defeats.

"That was important. We couldn't get the goal but we defended as though we really wanted to get the result and that's pleasing.

"If we keep churning out performances and working as hard as we're working then victories will come."

Clarke saw his side claim a point against the Hammers on Sunday as they failed to win for just the third time in nine home league matches.

And the Scot remains delighted with Albion's record at the Hawthorns.

He said: "You have to look at the season as a whole. This season we have done OK at home and got six victories.

"Sometimes you have to draw games. On Sunday there weren't many chances and both teams huffed and puffed and never really created anything and probably looked most dangerous on set-plays.

"Overall if you're reasonable and honest, a draw was a fair result. We never stopped trying, we kept working the openings and in the second half we had better control of the game.

"We got in good positions and looked lively but the ball just didn't really fall for us.

"You know it's not going to be your day when James Morrison gets a fantastic header inside the six-yard box and it crashes off the crossbar and doesn't go in."