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Allan Nyom: Spirit is still strong in West Brom dressing room

Allan Nyom insists the spirit in the Albion dressing room remains strong and says the players will keep fighting until they turn their form around.

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Allan Nyom in action against Southampton. (AMA)

The Baggies are just two points above the relegation zone but Nyom, who came off the bench for the injured Jonny Evans during the disappointing defeat away at Southampton, says the league table is still tight so early on in the season.

And the 29-year-old says the players still have faith in what they are doing on the training ground under Tony Pulis.

“The spirit is strong, we are a strong team and everyone knows what they need to do,” he said. “We need to keep fighting. We’re not worried (about being dragged into a relegation fight).

“We have been very close to winning, sometimes we get draws, on Saturday we lost, but we’re going to carry on and keep working very hard in the training sessions to get the next three points.”

After winning the first two league games of the season, the Baggies haven’t tasted victory in any of their last seven.

They’ve scored just seven times in nine games so far and struggled to threaten the Southampton goal on Saturday.

But Nyom is confident the ball will start hitting the back of the net soon.

“Honestly, the league is very tight, every team has good players,” h said. “If you win two games you go straight back up the table.

“We’re going to carry on and try and win as many as possible. We are training very hard, and we are working on finishing in every session.

“We do special work for everyone, including the strikers. The goals are going to come, just be patient.”

Craig Dawson and Jonny Evans are both doubts for Saturday’s game against Manchester City, which means Nyom could be in line to start.

Pep Guardiola’s team have taken the league by storm so far, and are scoring for fun, but Nyom says the outcome is not a foregone conclusion.

“It’s football, you have to play against every team,” he said. “We know, especially in England, everyone can beat everyone. We just have to be ready and try to fight.”

Albion were poor on Saturday but they improved when Pulis shifted to a back three and played Nyom and Kieran Gibbs as wing-backs. The former Watford man is happy to play under either formation.

“We adapt to what the manager wants,” he said. “If he wants to play wing back I will play wing back, if he wants me to play right-back, I will play right-back, I don’t have a problem with that.”