Hurzeler: Fans should be excited watching our team

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Head coach and goalscorer Gross reflect on Sunday's 2-0 win over Brentford.

Bruce Talbot

2026-11-08T17:00+00:00

Fabian Hurzeler gives his instructions during Albion's 2-0 win. 📷Paul Hazlewood

Fabian Hurzeler says Albion fans have the right to be excited about what the team can achieve after they climbed to second in the Premier League with victory over Brentford.

First-half goals from Diego Gomez and Pascal Gross allied to an 11th clean sheet of the season in all competitions enabled Albion to go above Manchester City with a 2-0 win.

Asked if the fans have a lot more to look forward to as the season unfolds, Hurzeler said: They should always be excited if they watch our game, and that's our job to make them excited. And I always say they can dream, they can have high expectations of us, but these are things we can't control.”

Albion only arrived home from the UEFA Conference League game on Friday lunchtime but Hurzeler said their preparation was as good as it could be.

He added: “Our control will always be how we prepare for the game, so we focus on excellence, how we get the improvements into the team because I think we played a good game, but overall, after every game, there are things we can do better.

Bart Verbruggen makes an improvised clearance in the second half. 📷Simon Roe

“There are moments and phases in the game where the individual player, but also the whole team, can improve, and that's the main focus for us. It was from the beginning, and it will be also now, and it will be also in the rest of the season.”

Meanwhile Gross said that Albion cannot consider themselves title contenders.

"No. We are not in a title race,” he insisted. “But we have started the season really well. It's the beginning of the season though.

"You see the Premier League, the margins, you look at the results - we are not getting carried away yet. Every game we have to suffer a lot. Sometimes it is momentum. But we are really pleased to head into the international break like this."