Carlos Corberan highlights positive quality West Brom had to show again in Stoke draw
Carlos Corberan was able to find a positive after his West Brom side blew a 2-0 lead on the road at Stoke City - one that his side have already showcased in their recent run.
But he did highlight that his charges failed to hit their required levels on both a collective and an individual level in the Potteries.
The home side could have been two up before Mikey Johnston and Grady Diangana combined for the former to fire Albion ahead.
A neat move then ended with Jed Wallace doubling the lead after the break - before Stoke fought back.
First Million Manhoef pulled one back before Andre Vidigal fired in a re-bound after Alex Palmer had denied him from the spot.
Corberan was eager to express that Stoke were better than his side in a number of areas but among a few negatives - he was able to find a positive.
And it is something his side have been able to do a number of times in their recent run - which has seen them lose just once in 12 games.
He said: "If you see the result you can frustrate, but if you analyse the game then no because it is true Stoke in many moments were better than us.
"But it is true we find a way, we have the option not to concede in all the chances they created and we showed accuracy to score in the few chances that we create.
"It put it at 0-2 and that probably wasn't the fair result if you analyse the game, but we have the possibility.
"However you need to manage it better to achieve something else more than one point.
"In general we suffered in the windy conditions, did not manage well and suffered defending the left side where they attacked and overlapped moments and we couldn't find a way to stop their attacks.
"I think in general we didn't perform in the level collectively and individually to achieve our best level and achieve the result we wanted."
Albion had been under pressure at 2-1 when substitute Yann M'Vila made a bizarre decision to go for a ball in the box with Tyrese Campbell.
The midfielder lunged in with a high boot and caught the striker on his back with his studs - giving the referee no choice but to award a spot kick.
Corberan added: "I think M'Vila was doing well to manage the game, especially in attack.
"This action, lets just say, it was a little bit excessive in his intensity to try and help the team.
"I'm not sure if it was enough for a penalty because I didn't review, but it was a strange action because there was no chance."
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