Sam please with Hawthorns turn around

Last updated : 31 December 2014 By Plymouth_hammer

The Hammers came from a goal down to record a 1-2 victory to remain in the European spot in the Premier League table.

Speaking to West Ham TV Allardyce said, “It was a very strange game, because we made a disappointing start, like we did at Everton and never got fired up and into our passing game until we went a goal down again.

“The odds are very poor against a team that goes a goal down away from home to come back and win, because it doesn’t happen very often.

“The way we took control of the game from when they scored to when we got the ultimate winning goal right on the stroke of half-time was a fantastic piece of turnaround play in a game.

“I have all the stats written up on the board at half-time - how many crosses we’ve put in, how many set plays we’ve had, how many shots on goal we’ve had - and we’d had a staggering seven shots on target and five more off-target in the first half.

“That shows that, if anything, we should have been more than 2-1 up and our poor finishing meant we probably should have had more.

“Certainly Andy Carroll’s overhead kick made the first goal with his technique and Kevin was on hand and he knows how to sniff those out and score, which is very important for us.

“Then, of course, James Tomkins’ header off the corner right on half-time killed West Brom off, I think, even though they put up a spirited fight after half-time.  We looked a little fatigued after Saturday so we decided to sure it up and the lads did a fantastic job doing that in the end.

“The game changed in many ways and we changed with it and, finally, we’ve won it and have 24 points from 14 points which is a fantastic total.”