Carlos Corberan delighted with crucial West Brom tweak in stunning turnaround

The Baggies recovered from a woeful first half in which the relegation-battling Terriers earned a deserved lead in the West Yorkshire rain.

But Corberan told his players to look to stretch Huddersfield's players and to play behind the Terriers' midfield and backline, rather than "in front" of them with short passes, and the tweak led to four goals in 22 ruthless minutes as Albion put the head coach's former club to the sword.

"I think sometimes you need to understand the needs of the game, the type of game Huddersfield proposed was man-to-man every time the ball was with our keeper, we knew this, it is not something new, Corberan said.

"But let's say it takes some time, more than you would like, to adapt and find solutions to the game, because every time the ball arrived to Alex (Palmer) we dropped and only played in front of the Huddersfield players.

"What we tried to change and adapt was to make exactly the opposite, to receive the ball behind the back of Huddersfield players, because the advantage was with balls in behind rather than balls in front of them.

"In the first half, in the competitiveness of the game, we were a little bit – we didn't compete enough in the duels, in the 50-50 balls.

"In fact the goal they scored we started by losing a ball in the middle, a 50-50 ball, and the ball got the last line and they scored a very good goal. In the second half we improved the character of the team to be more competitive from the emotional aspect of the team too."

Man of the moment Mikey Johnston struck twice, his side's equaliser and final goal, to take an impressive tally to six goals in his last seven games.

Impressive returning Kyle Bartley prodded in on the hour to put Albion 2-1 up and Okay Yoksulu's 25-yard rocket made it three for the visitors, who were a far cry from their lifeless first-half showing, in which they failed to register a single shot.

Huddersfield's opener, scored by Delano Burgzorg, came after Albion failed to win back and retain possession after Alex Palmer's wayward clearance. Corberan noted how his players overcame frustration with the change of instructions at half-time – and were helped by how quickly the changes bore fruit.

The Spaniard, who saw his side win from behind for the first time this season, continued: "Without any doubt (it was key to score quickly) because sometimes when you start to spend time until you find the solution you can lose the right mentality and the opponent can commit things to change what you try to do.

"The game can be more complicated with the passing of the minutes, that's why I was happy with the immediate reaction of the players to the second half and the managing of the game."