West Bromwich Albion boss Tony Pulis was delighted with their 2-0 win at Crystal Palace.

Pulis admitted his West Brom side had used his inside knowledge of former club Crystal Palace to find a way of beating the Eagles at Selhurst Park on Saturday.

An early James Morrison header put the Baggies in a strong position and they defended well as Palace looked to hit back, wrapping up a vital 2-0 win courtesy of a Craig Gardner strike that sees Pulis' men move eight points clear of the relegation zone.

"We worked on a couple of things in respect to what I thought Palace would do - we worked during the week on that," he said.

"We scored from a corner that we have worked on, which was really pleasing. I thought we should have had a penalty in the first half and then Gardner's strike to make it two-nil was crucial really in lots of respects.

"I thought we were resilient and defended well and in the end I thought we deserved the points."