West Brom midfielder Sam Field insists the players never gave up under former manager Tony Pulis.

Pulis was sacked last week.

"I wouldn't ever say we've not tried hard," he said. "I think our running stats were still ridiculous even in that poor run of games.

"Sometimes in football - I'm new to it myself - but you don't always get the luck you deserve at times. There were some points earlier in the season.

"If we'd picked them up we wouldn't be in the situation we are now but that's football I guess.

"I think we showed a bit more quality on Saturday. It's definitely something we should build from now.

"Hopefully we can kick on from here and start picking up some more points especially at home."