CHRIS Brunt believes Albion are well equipped to beat the pressure of the promotion run-in.

The Northern Ireland midfielder was part of the Baggies side that won the Coca-Cola Championship two years ago.

And he insists results like Saturday's 3-1 win over Derby, where Roberto Di Matteo's men came from behind to win, is exactly what is required.

"Naturally the pressure is going to build up and it will come down to whoever copes with it best," said Brunt.

"We have a few boys with a bit of experience of last time and hopefully that will help us.

"We've just got the league to concentrate on now and it's down to us to make sure we finish in the top two.

"Everybody hits a sticky patch and the Championship is that sort of league.

"There will be a lot of twists and turns in the last 13 games but all we can do is stick together and play the way we played on Saturday.

"Nobody chucked the towel in, everybody kept digging in for each other and we got our rewards in the end.

"It's going to be 13 cup finals from now until the end of the season.

"Forest losing on Saturday is an added bonus but first and foremost we've got to do our jobs.

"We can only do our thing and we can't rely on anybody else.

"But it's always nice to have that little boost when you come in and see other teams losing."

Brunt's double against the Rams took him to nine goals for the campaign and he is now looking to beat his best-ever season's tally of ten, which he set in his final term at Sheffield Wednesday before moving to The Hawthorns.

"My best total is ten in the Championship so I will be looking to top that, but I'm just delighted we won the game," he added.

"It's been a few games since I scored at Ipswich and it was a few before that so it's nice to get a couple of goals, but it was important we got the win no matter what.

"We played alright and created a few chances.

"It was a bit of a sloppy goal to give away, but credit to everybody, we dug in well and I think we got what we deserved in the end.

"We knew the way Derby were going to play because they played that way at their place.

"We knew if we dug in and stayed in the game the chances would come late on and that's the way it proved. It proved that way at Pride Park as well.

"They blew up a little bit towards the end of the game, and credit to our boys, we kept moving the ball around."

The 25-year-old ace was rested for the midweek FA Cup replay with Reading and he admitted it helped his performance against County.

"Being rested was obviously a blessing for me," he said.

"I have played a lot of games recently and I'm getting a bit older now!

"I'm not as young as I used to be but I felt reasonably fresh on Saturday and I felt pretty good, even going into the latter stages of the game.

"Thankfully the gaffer chose to rest me because he could have rested six or seven of the boys, so I was delighted.

"I don't think fatigue is an excuse at all, I think it's just stating the obvious with how many games we've had.