Every word Steve Bruce said on West Brom 'harsh truths', Gardner-Hickman and Robinson after Fulham win

West Bromwich Albion sealed their first win at The Hawthorns under Steve Bruce on Tuesday evening after Callum Robinson struck to down league leaders Fulham.

Marco Silva’s Fulham hadn't lost away from home since October 2, but the Baggies dismantled them in front of a raucous home crowd. The win moved Albion up to 12th in the table and Bruce immediately challenged his players to back it up with three points at Bristol City on Saturday.

The manager discussed Albion’s strike-force of Robinson and Karlan Grant, the impressive Taylor Gardner-Hickman and the chances of a top six finish in his post-match press conference. Here’s the full transcript from Bruce…

We’ve probably had small steps, it hasn’t gone as well as I would have liked it to over the last few weeks, but tonight we thoroughly deserved it. We played very well on the night against the best team in the league. It was pleasing to see.

It’s OK to have a game plan and stick with it, they’re a very good side, but they have been manful in what they have done in sticking to the plan. The (Aleksandar) Mitrovic chance with his left foot was about it, wasn’t it? I can’t remember Sam (Johnstone) having a shot to save.

That’s something which has pleased me because we need to find goals. Before we arrived it was a problem to score a goal. The two of them compliment each other and I think they enjoy playing together.

We’ve worked on the two of them playing together. The goal is usually the other way round, where Robbo is trying to feed Granty, but touch wood it’s working at the moment. It’s given us a threat which we didn’t have.

It’s turned into a decent week, we’ve taken seven (points) from nine. Now I’m going to put the pressure on all of us… we have got a huge game