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Morrison: West Brom must learn to win ugly

James Morrison admits West Brom have to grind out results and stop individual mistakes if they are to avoid the drop from the top flight. The Scotland midfielder revealed the Baggies players and coaching staff had a "frank exchange of views" after watching a video re-run of the 3-1 home reversal by Arsenal.

Morrison said: "We spent almost two hours poring over the Arsenal game to see exactly where we went wrong and how we can put it right.

"As always, there was a healthy and frank exchange of words, with both the coaching staff and players chipping in.

"We did a lot of defensive work when we were out in Spain recently but, if you don't take it into the matches, it doesn't count for much.

"To be fair, we've been working on it for months because it's been our biggest problem this year. I'm sick of talking about it. That's why we're bottom.

"But you get nothing just for playing well. At the end of the day, it's up to the individuals to put things right - and they know that.

"They don't mean to do it and we'll stick by them and try and help them through a difficult time."

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