Pulis disappointed with lacklustre West Brom

Newcastle’s sense of injustice quickly dissipated as Jonjo Shelvey’s perfectly weighted pass met the run of Mitrovic, who was played onside by Gareth McAuley, to slide the ball past the advancing Foster from the edge of the area for the Serbian’s fifth goal of the season after 32 minutes.

Berahino had been tipped to leave West Brom in January, with the club rejecting a 21 million-pound ($30.5 million) bid from Newcastle United late in the transfer window.

James Chester and Jonas Olsson continue as the central defensive pairing for the Baggies while Craig Gardner and Darren Fletcher add similar composure in the middle of the midfield.

Stick with us for all the build up, action and reaction from St James’ Park. West Brom are 14th in the table on 29 points and are without a win in their last four league games.

Newcastle United climbed out of the Premier League’s bottom three as Aleksandar Mitrovic’s goal secured a 1-0 victory over West Brom. “It was only in the last 15 minutes that we had two or three opportunities to score”. That really pushed them on, but we just weren’t at the races from the beginning.

“Like all teams in this league though you need a little luck…today they didn’t need luck though – they were better than us”.

“Newcastle have got good players, just look at what they have recruited”.

The defeat leaves West Brom six points off the relegation zone, but Pulis believes the return of key players from injury will be crucial to their hopes against Peterborough in their FA Cup replay, and against Everton next weekend.

Striker Vardy has lit up the Premier League for Leicester with 18 goals to fire City top and force his way into Roy Hodgson’s England plans.

“We have got to now get his head down and work hard on his fitness and get him back into the fold as quickly as possible”. We threw him in because that’s what we need.

“What happens is you get one or two people booing and then everyone gets tarnished with the fact the supporters were booing”.