Mowbray bemoans catalogue of errors

Hull continued their impressive run of form beating Albion 3-0 at The Hawthorns yesterday with Albion boss, Tony Mowbray, claiming it could've been a different story had the home side took first-half chances and cut-out defensive errors in the second period.

The Baggies dominated for long periods of the first-half and should've been ahead as early as the tenth-minute after Swedish defender Jonas Olsson hit the crossbar when an open goal beckoned. Albion found visiting 'keeper, Boaz Myhill, in fine form in the Hull goal with the Welsh international making a number of important saves before the visitors struck with three quick-fire second-half goals to steel all three points.

"It was probably an entertaining game for the neutral," Mowbray said after the final whistle.

"From my perspective, if you take the result out of it, there were plenty of positives for us and some good play.

"However, football is all about the result you see in the Sunday papers.

"We did miss opportunities.

"In fact, we created enough chances in the first half to have put the game to bed by half-time.

"But they were obviously more clinical than we were.

"The first goal was always going to be crucial. Unfortunately for us, Hull got it.

"We're only nine games in but we've got to be better in both boxes.

"We've conceded soft goals again and we have to be more clinical in front of goal.

"We can't keep making chances and missing them because goals change games - as we saw today."

Albion's Achilles heel once again came back to haunt them again with Hull's opener coming from another set-piece, this time a corner. The failure to keep a clean sheet dropped the Baggies back down to 13^th place in the Premiership and reads a sorry figure of seven goals conceded in two games without reply. A former defender himself, Mowbray was philosophical with Albion's defending for Tigers' first.

"You've always got that balance when your centre-forwards come back and mark players from set-plays," Mowbray continued.

"It can be a problem.

"Any team that loses a goal from a set-play is disappointed because a lot of hard work goes into football.

"If you look past the result, as I do, there were a lot of positives - a lot of good play, a lot of attractive, passing football that created chances we missed.

"Then you go and lose a goal from a set-play and no-one is interested in the football. Everyone is just interested in the result.

"We accept that. It's the brutality of the game."