Isaac Price believes the Baggies displayed an incredible level of “fighting spirit” to come from behind and beat Blackburn Rovers on Saturday afternoon.
Andri Gudjohnsen’s double had the visitors 2-0 up inside 12 minutes, but efforts from Barney Stewart, Price and Felix Horn Myhre turned the game around for the hosts at a vibrant Hawthorns.
The Northern Ireland international insists the group have plenty of positive “momentum” and says the scenes at the end of the counter were ones to savour.
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Price said: “I think everyone around the place is buzzing. We obviously had a really bad start to the game with two goals we know aren’t good enough to concede.
“But we came back with fighting spirit and I thought we controlled the game after their two goals and created the bigger chances.
“It all happened early enough in the game that we knew we could turn it around. We had time left in the game and even at 1-0 down we had a big chance and were still creating plenty of opportunities.
“We just had to get past that tough period, and I thought we were really good once we did that.
“That’s why you play football, for scenes like that at the end. Nobody loves it more when the team is doing well and the fans are singing your name. We had too many low moments here last year, but it feels different this year.
“We’ve got that momentum and that fight, and that cutting edge to us where we’re getting the fans excited and making it a really tough place for opposition teams to come.”
Price had The Hawthorns in awe in the second period – scoring a panenka penalty to bring the contest level.
The midfielder revealed he promised his little brother he would try it the next time he had the chance to take one.
Isaac added: “I needed to do something different. I knew their goalkeeper plays for Hungary, and I missed my last penalty for Northern Ireland, so I thought he would go the way he dived. No better time to put it down the middle.
“I was thinking if it doesn’t go in, I might have to do a U-turn and run down the tunnel!
“I promised my little brother that I’d panenka my next penalty, so I had to do it when it came. I’ve never done it professionally before, but I think I’m in a good place. We came in off a 2-1 win in midweek and I felt like I was performing well.
“I think there are always things you can get better with and there are things I need to improve, but I think this season is about getting consistency in my performances.
“There were question marks over that last season because there were spells when I was good and spells when I wasn’t. To get to the next level, you need to be consistent in your performances and that’s what I’m trying to do week in and week out.
“I think the coaching staff really help with that and hopefully it can carry on.”
