Reaction: Fabian Hurzeler on 5-0 win

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Head coach praises his team's desire to score and keep going in the big win at Coventry City.

Bruce Talbot

2026-09-13T16:55+01:00

Fabian Hurzeler applauds the 3,000 Albion fans after Sunday's 5-0 win at Coventry City. 📷James Boardman

Fabian Hurzeler spoke to the media after Sunday’s 5-0 win over Coventry City.

Was that a complete performance by your team today?

No, I wouldn't say complete. I think part of the truth is that we had a good goalkeeper today. We had in certain moments a little bit of luck that Coventry didn't score. But overall we had a good balance between controlling the game in possession, having good structure in possession, and keeping our defensive stability.

I think the chances they had were after set pieces, were after second phases. But for that we had a great goalkeeper, and the other part too is that in the right moment we scored the goals and we had the momentum on our side. What was positive, of course, is a clean sheet.

What was positive is that we had this desire to score, we had this hunger to keep going and that overall makes a good performance.

But we also understand we have to be very humble and shouldn't take these things for granted. Understand it's about doing the basic things right, winning the personal duels, winning the second ball and keeping it simple in possession. Then we are a good football team.

Premier League top scorers. Do you feel you've got goals from all over the pitch?

I mentioned at the beginning of the season that it's not about having one good goalscorer. It's about having this flexibility of having many goalscorers, of having a lot of players who have the desire to score.

Albion's players and staff salute the travelling fans at full-time after the 5-0 win. 📷James Boardman

And if you have the desire to score, then you can score from all different positions. So it's all about sacrificing things and making these runs into a box. I think that's also a mindset thing. Of course we were very efficient today. We were quite ruthless in the right moment in front of goal and that's a positive.

What did you think of Lewis's goal?

I wasn't surprised because I know that he has this technique and he shows it daily in the training sessions. He has a great right foot. But beside that, for me it's even more important that he keeps a clean sheet together with the boys on the pitch. That's his main job. Today he got the reward for showing a lot of courage and personality in this moment. And of course he has a great right foot. Normally he's doing goals with the head, but we take it!

How would you reflect on your start to the season?

We are still early in the season. We don't take these things for granted. We should understand that we are in the situation from doing the basic things right. We should stay very humble. I think that's a big value for me and the team.

So we keep working hard, keep doing the basic things right. That's the main message.

We should also have this belief in ourselves, have this confidence in our quality that we can go to any place in the league and compete. And now we have two big games ahead of us before the international break, and we take that belief into both of them.