West Brom boss Tony Pulis admits they struggled to create for their 0-0 draw with Aston Villa.

The hosts carved out nothing going forward , even after Pulis threw on Saido Berahino, Victor Anichebe and Callum McManaman from the bench.

"Going forward we were disappointing, we just couldn't get things going," he noted. "That's just not one of the players, that's all of us collectively.

"That was a disappointment but when things are not going well, what you need your team to do is work and work and work. That's what they've done today; they've ground a result out and at times you need to do that.

"We've had eight games in the last four weeks and the last three of them have been away from home. We looked a little bit tired.

"Our front players - we needed a little bit more off them going forward. We didn't get that. But, as a group, defensively I thought we were very, very good. I said to them afterwards that I'm really, really pleased with them. We weren't at our best today but we never lost."