Video: Pulis and Olsson on Albion win

West Brom head coach Tony Pulis reckons his team have played better this season than they did today and lost.

Pulis' team came from behind to beat Arsenal 2-1 at the Hawthorns, with a determined performance full of hard work and running.

The Gunners launched an onslaught on the Baggies goal during the second-half, but couldn't find the equaliser as Albion picked up only their second home win of the season.

Pulis said afterwards: "The lads deserve it for the effort and commitment, but we've played better and done better and not got the results.

"There's been games here this year where we've been disappointed because we've lost. Today I thought Arsenal were very good, particularly second half when they ramped it up.

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"Alexis Sanchez was just wonderful - his movement, his play. You've got Mesut Ozil and Santi Cazorla, too, who have wonderful talent.

"It's a great result for us and we're very very pleased."

Arsenal should have equalised eight minutes from time when referee Mark Clattenburg pointed to the spot for a Chris Brunt push on Sanchez.

But Cazorla slipped at the vital moment, spooning over the penalty.

Clattenburg pointed to the spot again, but he was giving Albion an indirect free-kick, a movement that scared the life out of 20,000 home fans.

Pulis said: "I thought he was going to take it again, to be perfectly honest. It's a double-touch apparently and that's what he's given. He actually kicked it twice."

Sanchez flung himself to the floor under Brunt's touch, but Pulis said: "It wasn't a soft as some of the penalties given against us this year."

Minutes before that, there was another confusing moment involving Clattenburg at the other end when Albion defender Jonas Olsson thought he'd scored.

Cannoning a header against the crossbar from a Brunt corner, the ball bounced on the line before the linesman flagged for an offside against Saido Berahino.

When Clattenburg didn't give a goal, supporters immediately accepted it must not have crossed the line and Pulis thinks the episode proves how important goal-line technology now is.

He said: "It wasn't a goal, it doesn't go over and the replays showed that and it didn't go on their watches, so it's fine.

"I think Saido was offside for the second header. The first header was not a goal. That technology again shows how much we need it and how much we want it."

The Welshman had a hold over Arsenal when he was at Stoke and, today, he masterminded only Albion's third win over the Gunners since 1984.

When asked why he does so well against the Gunners, he said: "I don't know - when I write my book I'll tell you."