Indiscipline cost Albion after bright start, says boss Mason

WEST Brom head coach Ryan Mason says his side need to learn from their lack of discipline after Jayson Molumby was sent off shortly after halftime in their 3-2 defeat at the CBS Arena.

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Aune Heggebo’s brace put the visitors two goals ahead but Josh Eccles halved the deficit before the break. And after Molumby saw red Ellis Simms and Victor Torp were on target to make it nine wins in 10 for the Championship leaders.

Mason said: “Obviously we're very frustrated with the way the game panned out. It’s something we have to accept, learn from, and try and improve on.

“We probably created the better chances (before the red card) and scored two really good goals. Obviously they're a good team and they were going to have moments where they got in the final third and put a lot of crosses in.

“The two goals we scored were really good and we knew that we could hurt them and we showed that, but to have 10 men for such a long period of time, in this stadium and the moment they're in, it was always going to be difficult to see the game out.

“Disappointingly, we conceded so quickly after going down to 10 men and then you enter the period where you don’t want the game to get away from you and we managed that part well, stayed alive in the game until the end but nothing really fell our way.”

On Molumby’s red card, Mason said: “I'll protect the players - it’s my job, my responsibility - but I think it is a lack of discipline in that moment.

“He’s given the referee an easy decision to make and it's certainly something that we need to learn from and avoid happening again, especially where it was on the pitch.”