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West Brom defender Evans: How Pulis meeting inspired Arsenal shock

West Brom defender Jonny Evans was delighted with Saturday's win over Arsenal.

Evans says Tony Pulis's measured response to back-to-back defeats gave Albion the confidence needed to stun Arsenal.

“We knew people were questioning us and people would be throwing out 'they've slackened off since they got to 40 points', 'they're on the beach' and all that nonsense," said Evans.

“The manager brought us in on Monday and we all thought we were going to get a dressing down about the last two games but he didn't.

“He just put them aside and said 'we've got 10 games to go, let's go and enjoy them, pick ourselves up and go at them'.

“I thought it was excellent the way he did that. As players you might think about the last two games but he just put it to the side and just carried on and we picked ourselves up."

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