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White: We never want to rely on other teams

Defender confident Albion can secure the points they need without the help of their rivals.

By Bruce Talbot • 10 May 2021

By Paul Hazlewood
Ben White wants Albion to secure their Premier League status without the help of other clubs.

Ben White is confident Albion can secure their Premier League safety without the help of other clubs.

A 2-1 defeat to Wolves on Sunday at Molineux means Albion are still ten points clear of the bottom three although Fulham have the opportunity to close the gap when they play their game in hand later today at home to Burnley.

Albion led at the break through Lewis Dunk's fifth goal of the season, but the Albion skipper was sent off before Adama Traore and Morgan Gibbs-White scored in the last 14 minutes for the hosts.

By Paul Hazlewood
A dejected Lewis Dunk leaves the Molineux pitch after his red card.

As well as Dunk, Neal Maupay also faces a suspension after he was shown a red card as the players left the field for foul and abusive language.

White said, “We need to get the points we need ourselves, we've never wanted to rely on other teams. We will go into Saturday's game against West Ham determined to get three points. We've got two suspensions to deal with now but we have to go again.”

White felt Albion had taken their foot off the pedal after a dominant first-half performance.

“We started the second half quite sloppy and I think that's why the red card occurred. In the first half I thought we controlled the game but they then punished us.

“We have got some big players and we worked all week on set-pieces and it was great to see it work for us but obviously we're disappointed with the second half. It was an opportunity for us and it got away from us.”