Clarke joy as West Brom extend good start

Coverage of all the Saturday 3pm fixtures on Matchweek 3 in the Barclays Premier League

West Bromwich Albion manager Steve Clarke was delighted with his side's second-half performance as a 2-0 win over Everton maintained their flying start to his first managerial job.

"It was a good afternoon for us," he said. "The first half was a bit too cagey, too good teams feeling each other out. But in the second half, when the game opened out a wee bit, we were good value for the win.

"It's been a good start. When you looked at the games we had [Liverpool, Tottenham, Everton] you thought it would be difficult. But seven points from nine is a good start and gives us something build on."

Everton’s David Moyes admitted he may have been too ambitious in his approach to try and snatch a third victory of the season.

"For probably the first hour we had good control but we didn't do well enough in the final third today and that was the reason we didn't win," he said. "West Brom defended very well. I made a change [Kevin Mirallas for Steven Naismith] to try and go for it and in opening up we conceded a goal from it.

"I probably should have stayed the way we were and maybe come away with a nil-nil but I wanted to try and win the game. We had enough of the ball to do that.”